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Definition of Collocate
1. Verb. Have a strong tendency to occur side by side. "The words 'new' and 'world' collocate"
2. Verb. Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.
Generic synonyms: Group
Derivative terms: Chunk, Chunking, Collocation, Lump, Lumper
Definition of Collocate
1. a. Set; placed.
2. v. t. To set or place; to set; to station.
Definition of Collocate
1. Verb. (linguistics translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example ''strong'' collocates with ''tea''. ¹
2. Verb. (rare) To arrange or occur side by side. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To set or place; to station. ¹
4. Noun. (linguistics) A component word of a collocation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Collocate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collocate
Literary usage of Collocate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Il Cambio di Perugia: Considerazioni Storico Artistiche by Raffaello Marchesi (1853)
"... pur esse sulla medesima linea collocate, rappresentanti sei personaggi
dell'antichità; e nella superiore due altre figure, che simboleggiano le virtù ..."
2. High-Speed Ground Transport: Acquiring Rights-of-Way for Magnetic Levitation (1993)
"A system connecting Anaheim, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, would collocate
with an Interstate highway over much of the route. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"COLLISION, (kcl-lizh'-un) ns The act of striking two bodies together ; a clash.
To collocate, (kgl'-lo-kate) va To place. collocate, (kol'-Io-kate) a. ..."
4. Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) and the Vatican Tomb of Pope Alexander VIII by Edward J. Olszewski (2004)
"... delle figure si rende molto impropria, stando collocate, ... e decorosi, e
non come queste, che stanno in atto di cadere, essendo collocate per Aria. ..."
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