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Collocate

A component word of a collocation.

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📖 Definitions of "Collocate"

noun

1
A component word of a collocation.

verb

1
(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.
3
To set or place; to station.

adjective

1
Set; placed.

🔄 Synonyms of "Collocate"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lumpnoun	Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
chunknoun	A large or substantial portion of something.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Collocate"

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Word	Definition
chunknoun	A large or substantial portion of something.
lumpnoun	Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
colocateverb	Alternative spelling of co-locate. [To locate or be located at the same site, for two things or groups, military units, etc.]
collocalizeverb	Alternative form of colocalize. [(biochemistry) To occur together in the same cell.]
colocaliseverb	Alternative form of colocalize. [(biochemistry) To occur together in the same cell.]
co-locateverb	To locate or be located at the same site, for two things or groups, military units, etc.
co-occurverb	(intransitive) To occur together.
cooccurverb	Alternative spelling of co-occur. [(intransitive) To occur together.]
overlapnoun	Something that overlaps or is overlapped.
connoteverb	(transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
coanalyzeverb	(transitive) To analyze together.
coalignnoun	To align together.
co-ordinatenoun	Alternative spelling of coordinate. [(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.]
coanalyseverb	Alternative form of coanalyze. [(transitive) To analyze together.]
colinearizeverb	To linearize along with another.
co-existverb	(UK) Alternative spelling of coexist. [(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.]
go togetherverb	(idiomatic, of two people) To be in a relationship.
coëxistverb	Dated spelling of coexist.
corefernoun	(grammar) To exhibit coreference; to refer to the same thing.
cofoundverb	(transitive) To found with one or more other people.