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collocate

Definition of collocate

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

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

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