The verb locate has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (16) locate, turn up -- (discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing")
2. (12) situate, locate -- (determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property")
3. (4) locate, place, site -- (assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles")
4. (4) settle, locate -- (take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest")