COLLOCATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collocate mean? 

• COLLOCATE (verb)
  The verb COLLOCATE has 2 senses:

1. have a strong tendency to occur side by side

2. group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

  Familiarity information: COLLOCATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLOCATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they collocate    ... he / she / it collocates   
Past simple: collocated   
Past participle: collocated   
-ing form: collocating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have a strong tendency to occur side by side

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The words 'new' and 'world' collocate

Hypernyms (to "collocate" is one way to...):

occur (to be found to exist)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

chunk; collocate; lump

Hypernyms (to "collocate" is one way to...):

group (arrange into a group or groups)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

collocation (the act of positioning close together (or side by side))