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Definition of collocate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

collocate

noun
 
/ˈkɒləkət/
 
/ˈkɑːləkət/
(linguistics)
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  1. a word that is often used with another word in a language
    • ‘Bitter’ and ‘tears’ are collocates.
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