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Webster 1913 Edition
Collocate
Col′lo-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Collocated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Collocating
.] To set or place; to set; to station.
To marshal and
collocate
in order his battalions. E. Hall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Collocate
COLLOCATE
,Verb.
T.
COLLOCATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
collocate
collocate
See also: colocate
English
Verb
collocate (third-person singular simple present collocates, present participle collocating, simple past and past participle collocated)
- (linguistics, translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
- To arrange or occur side by side. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete, transitive) To set or place; to station.
- E. Hall
- to marshal and collocate in order his battalions
- E. Hall
Translations
linguistics: to be often used together
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arrange side by side
occur side by side
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Noun
collocate (plural collocates)
- (linguistics) A component word of a collocation.
Adjective
collocate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Set; placed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)