Associations to the word «Collocate»

Wiktionary

COLLOCATE, verb. (linguistics) (translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
COLLOCATE, verb. To arrange or occur side by side.
COLLOCATE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To set or place; to station.
COLLOCATE, noun. (linguistics) A component word of a collocation.
COLLOCATE, adjective. (obsolete) Set; placed.

Dictionary definition

COLLOCATE, verb. Have a strong tendency to occur side by side; "The words 'new' and 'world' collocate".
COLLOCATE, verb. Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis