Collocate vs. Colocate

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  • Collocate (verb)

    (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. en

  • Collocate (verb)

    To set or place; to station.

  • Collocate (noun)

    A component word of a collocation.

  • Collocate (adjective)

    Set; placed.

  • Colocate (verb)

    alternative spelling of co-locate

Wiktionary
  • Collocate (verb)

    (of a word) be habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance

    “‘maiden’ collocates with ‘voyage’”

  • Collocate (verb)

    place side by side or in a particular relation

    “McAndrew was a collocated facility with Argentia Naval Station”

  • Collocate (noun)

    a word that is habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance

    “collocates for the word ‘mortgage’ include ‘lend’ and ‘property’”

Oxford Dictionary

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