collocate

See also: colocate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collocatum, supine of collocō. Doublet of couch.

Verb

1. (linguistics, translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
2. To arrange or occur side by side. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (obsolete, transitive) To set or place; to station.
   • E. Hall

     to marshal and collocate in order his battalions

Translations

linguistics: to be often used together

• Finnish: kollokoida
• Georgian: შესიტყვება (šesiṭq̇veba), შეესიტყვება (šeesiṭq̇veba)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: сочета́ться (ru) impf (sočetátʹsja)

arrange side by side

• Bulgarian: нареждам (bg) (nareždam), поставям едно до друго (postavjam edno do drugo)
• Dutch: samenzetten (nl), bijeenzetten
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: laittaa rinnakkain
• Welsh: trefnu (cy)

occur side by side

• Bulgarian: намирам се един до друг (namiram se edin do drug)
• Dutch: samenstaan, bijeenstaan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: esiintyä rinnakkain

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

(deprecated template usage) collocāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of collocō