located

Adjective

Synonyms: placed set situated

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

situated in a particular spot or position“valuable centrally located urban land”“strategically placed artillery”“a house set on a hilltop”“nicely situated on a quiet riverbank”Synonyms: placed set situated

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

located \located\ adj.

1.situated in a particular spot or position; as, valuable centrally located urban land.

Syn: placed, set, situated. [WordNet 1.5]

2.situated: often used in combination; as, a well-located business. [WordNet 1.5]

Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]

The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.— B. F. Westcott.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located.— H. Spencer.[1913 Webster]

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]