adj
Meaning 1
Set; placed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
collocate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləkət/
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US: /ˈkɑləkət/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləkeɪt/
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US: /ˈkɑləkeɪt/
noun
Meaning 2
A component word of a collocation; a word that collocates with another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
(said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To arrange or occur side by side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: co-locate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To set or place or station in the same place as something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: co-locate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lump, chunk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group
verb
Meaning 7
have a strong tendency to occur side by side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The words 'new' and 'world' collocate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: occur
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collocatum, supine of collocō. Doublet of couch.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kollokoida — linguistics: to be often used together
- Georgian: შესიტყვება (šesiṭq̇veba) — linguistics: to be often used together
- Georgian: შეესიტყვება (šeesiṭq̇veba) — linguistics: to be often used together
- Hindi: सहसंबंध करना (sahsambandh karnā) — linguistics: to be often used together
- Hungarian: kollokál — linguistics: to be often used together
- Hungarian: (gyakran) együtt fordul elő — linguistics: to be often used together
- Russian: сочета́ться (sočetátʹsja) — linguistics: to be often used together
- Spanish: coaparecer — linguistics: to be often used together
- Spanish: coaparir — linguistics: to be often used together
- Spanish: coaparatar — linguistics: to be often used together
- Bulgarian: нареждам (nareždam) — arrange side by side
- Bulgarian: поставям едно до друго (postavjam edno do drugo) — arrange side by side
- Dutch: samenzetten — arrange side by side
- Dutch: bijeenzetten — arrange side by side
- Finnish: laittaa rinnakkain — arrange side by side
- German: zusammentragen — arrange side by side
- German: unterbringen — arrange side by side
- German: angliedern — arrange side by side
- German: zusammenstellen — arrange side by side
- German: vergesellschaften — arrange side by side
- German: verbinden — arrange side by side
- German: kombinieren — arrange side by side
- Hindi: संस्थिति करना (sansthiti karnā) — arrange side by side
- Welsh: trefnu — arrange side by side
- Bulgarian: намирам се един до друг (namiram se edin do drug) — occur side by side
- Dutch: samenstaan — occur side by side
- Dutch: bijeenstaan — occur side by side
- Finnish: esiintyä rinnakkain — occur side by side