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collocate

[ kol-uh-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

, col·lo·cat·ed, col·lo·cat·ing.
  1. to set or place together, especially side by side.
  2. to arrange in proper order:

    to collocate events.



verb (used without object)

, col·lo·cat·ed, col·lo·cat·ing.
  1. Linguistics. to enter into a collocation.

noun

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

collocate

/ ˈkɒləˌkeɪt /

verb

  1. tr to group or place together in some system or order
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of collocate1

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

Origin of collocate1

C16: from Latin collocāre, from com- together + locāre to place, from locus place
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Example Sentences

“This is even before you get to the communication challenges of concurrent, collocated hazards with contradicting lifesaving calls to action,” Nielsen said.

You can offer the context, the precedents, the keys to interpretation that help to collocate the fact that has happened.

“Then we get to the end of the ‘Dark Ages,’ to the age of Enlightenment — which is collocated with the slave trade and the rise of colonialist patriarchy.

The malicious code was injected into traffic going back to the users by a device collocated with the Great Firewall.

When the institution opens in 2015, students will collocate at dorms around the world and take online classes from top-ranked professors.

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