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collocate

Syllabification: (col·lo·cate)

Pronunciation: /ˈkäləˌkāt/

Definition of collocate

verb

1 [no object] Linguistics (of a word) be habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance:“maiden” collocates with “voyage.”

2 [with object] rare place side by side or in a particular relation: (as adjective collocated)McAndrew was a collocated facility with Argentia Naval Station

noun

Linguistics

a word that is habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance:collocates for the word “mortgage” include “lend” and “property.”

Origin:

early 16th century (sense 2 of the verb): from Latin collocat- 'placed together', from the verb collocare, from col- 'together' + locare 'to place'. sense 1 of the verb dates from the 1950s

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