collocate

English

Etymology

From Latin collocāt-, ppl. stem of collocō.

Verb

collocate (third-person singular simple present collocates, present participle collocating, simple past and past participle collocated)

1. (linguistics, translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
2. (rare) To arrange or occur side by side.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To set or place; to station.

   To marshal and collocate in order his battalions. — E. Hall.

Translations

linguistics: to be often used together

• Finnish: kollokoida (fi)

• Russian: сочетаться (ru) (sočetátʼsja) impf.

arrange side by side

• Bulgarian: нареждам (bg) (nareždam), поставям едно до друго (bg) (postavjam edno do drugo)
• Dutch: samenzetten (nl), bijeenzetten (nl)

• Finnish: laittaa (fi) rinnakkain (fi)

occur side by side

• Bulgarian: намирам се един до друг (bg) (namiram se edin do drug)
• Dutch: samenstaan (nl), bijeenstaan (nl)

• Finnish: esiintyä (fi) rinnakkain (fi)

Noun

collocate (plural collocates)

1. (linguistics) A component word of a collocation.

Adjective

collocate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Set; placed.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

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Italian

Verb

collocate

1. second-person plural present indicative of collocare
2. second-person plural imperative of collocare
3. Feminine plural of collocato

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Latin

Verb

collocāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of collocō