collocate
verb/ˈkɒləkeɪt/
/ˈkɑːləkeɪt/
[intransitive] (linguistics)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they collocate | /ˈkɒləkeɪt/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it collocates | /ˈkɒləkeɪts/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪts/ |
| past simple collocated | /ˈkɒləkeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle collocated | /ˈkɒləkeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form collocating | /ˈkɒləkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- collocate (with something) (of words) to be often used together in a language
- ‘Bitter’ collocates with ‘tears’ but ‘sour’ does not.
- ‘Bitter’ and ‘tears’ collocate.
Word Originearly 16th cent. meaning to place things side by side in a particular relation: from Latin collocat- ‘placed together’, from the verb collocare, from col- ‘together’ + locare ‘to place’. The current sense dates from the 1950s.Want to learn more?
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