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collocate

American  
[kol-uh-keyt] / ˈkɒl əˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

collocated, collocating

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

  2. to arrange in proper order.

    to collocate events.

verb (used without object)

collocated, collocating

  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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Etymology

Origin of collocate

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

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Vos bonae senibus viris Cognitae bene feminae, Collocate puellulam. 185O Hymen Hymenaee io, O Hymen Hymenaee.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Collocate, kol′ō-kāt, v.t. to place together: to set: to arrange.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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