collocate

American  

[kol-uh-keyt] / ˈkɒl əˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

collocates, present (3rd person singular) collocated, past participle, past collocating present participle

1. to set or place together, especially side by side.

2. to arrange in proper order.

   to collocate events.

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verb (used without object)

collocates, present (3rd person singular) collocated, past participle, past collocating present participle

1. Linguistics. to enter into a collocation.

noun

1. Linguistics. a lexical item that collocates with another.

collocate British  

/ ˈkɒləˌkeɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to group or place together in some system or order

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

Participles

• collocating
  present
• collocated
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• collocate
  simple
• collocates
  simple
• have collocated
  perfect
• has collocated
  perfect
• am collocating
  progressive
• are collocating
  progressive
• is collocating
  progressive
• have been collocating
  perfect progressive
• has been collocating
  perfect progressive

Past

• collocated
  simple
• had collocated
  perfect
• was collocating
  progressive
• were collocating
  progressive
• had been collocating
  perfect progressive

Future

• will collocate
  simple
• will have collocated
  perfect
• will be collocating
  progressive
• will have been collocating
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of collocate

1505–15; < Latin collocātus (past participle of collocāre ), equivalent to col- col- ¹ + loc ( us ) place + -ātus -ate ¹