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verb
- 1. (of a word) be habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance: "‘maiden’ collocates with ‘voyage’"
- 2. place side by side or in a particular relation: rare "McAndrew was a collocated facility with Argentia Naval Station"
noun
- 1. a word that is habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance: "collocates for the word ‘mortgage’ include ‘lend’ and ‘property’"
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COLLOCATE definition: 1. (of words and phrases) to often be used together in a way that sounds correct to people who have…. Learn more.
: to set or arrange in a place or position. especially : to set side by side. intransitive verb. : to occur in conjunction with something. Examples of collocate in a Sentence. The word “college” collocates with “student.”
In linguistics, a collocate of a particular word is another word which often occurs with that word.
Collocate definition: to set or place together, especially side by side.. See examples of COLLOCATE used in a sentence.
COLLOCATE meaning: 1. (of words and phrases) to often be used together in a way that sounds correct to people who have…. Learn more.
Definition of collocate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
have a strong tendency to occur side by side. “The words 'new' and 'world' collocate ”. see more. see less. type of: occur. to be found to exist. verb. group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.
1. to arrange in proper order, esp. to place side by side. v.i. 2. (of a word) to enter into a collocation. [1505–15; < Latin collocātus, past participle of collocāre to set up, arrange = col- col - 1 + locāre to place; see locate]
In linguistics, a collocate of a particular word is another word which often occurs with that word.
col•lo•cate (kol′ ə kāt′), v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, n. v.t. to set or place together, esp. side by side. to arrange in proper order: to collocate events. v.i. Linguistics to enter into a collocation. n. Linguistics a lexical item that collocates with another.
