What is the meaning of locating?

noun

• The act of putting something in a certain place.
  • synonyms: placement, location, position, positioning, emplacement
• A determination of the place where something is.
  • usage: "he got a good fix on the target"
  • synonyms: localization, localisation, location, fix

verb

• Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining.
  • usage: "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest"; "My search turned up nothing"
  • synonyms: locate, turn up
• Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey.
  • usage: "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"
  • synonyms: situate, locate
• Assign a location to.
  • usage: "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
  • synonyms: locate, place, site
• Take up residence and become established.
  • usage: "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
  • synonyms: settle, locate