prelocate

lo·cate

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Definitions of prelocate word

verb with object prelocate to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris. 1
verb with object prelocate to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia. 1
verb with object prelocate to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land. 1
verb without object prelocate to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle. 1
verb with object prelocate to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound. 0
verb prelocate to locate in advance 0

before 1645

One of the 44% oldest English words

1645-55, Americanism; < Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".