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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Locate \Lo"cate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Locating}.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Local}.]
1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F. Westcott.
2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.
That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. --H. Spencer.
3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to locate the malfunction in a system. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
locating \locating\ n.
1. the act of putting something in a certain place or location.
Syn: location, placement, position, positioning, emplacement, situating. [WordNet 1.5]
2. a determination of the location of something.
Syn: localization, localisation, location, fix. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
locating
noun
1: the act of putting something in a certain place or location [syn: {placement}, {location}, {position}, {positioning}, {emplacement}]
2: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: {localization}, {localisation}, {location}, {fix}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "locating": allocation, assignment, bringing to light, casual discovery, catching, chance discovery, collocation, deployment, deposit, deposition, detection, determination, determining, disclosure, discovery, disposition, distinguishment, emplacement, espial, excavation, exhumation, exposure, find, finding, finding out, invention, lading, loading, localization, location, lucky strike, packing, pinpointing, placement, placing, positioning, posting, putting, recognition, rediscovery, reposition, revelation, serendipity, situation, spotting, stationing, storage, stowage, strike, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, uncovering, unearthing
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