collocate

[ kol-uh-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

, col·lo·cat·ed, col·lo·cat·ing.

1. to set or place together, especially side by side.
2. to arrange in proper order:

   to collocate events.

verb (used without object)

, col·lo·cat·ed, col·lo·cat·ing.

1. Linguistics. to enter into a collocation.

noun

1. Linguistics. a lexical item that collocates with another.

collocate

/ ˈkɒləˌkeɪt /

verb

1. tr to group or place together in some system or order

Word History and Origins

Origin of collocate¹

1505–15; < Latin collocātus (past participle of collocāre ), equivalent to col- col- ¹ + loc ( us ) place + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of collocate¹

C16: from Latin collocāre, from com- together + locāre to place, from locus place

Example Sentences

“This is even before you get to the communication challenges of concurrent, collocated hazards with contradicting lifesaving calls to action,” Nielsen said.

From Washington Post

You can offer the context, the precedents, the keys to interpretation that help to collocate the fact that has happened.

From Seattle Times

“Then we get to the end of the ‘Dark Ages,’ to the age of Enlightenment — which is collocated with the slave trade and the rise of colonialist patriarchy.

From Seattle Times

The malicious code was injected into traffic going back to the users by a device collocated with the Great Firewall.

From Scientific American

When the institution opens in 2015, students will collocate at dorms around the world and take online classes from top-ranked professors.

From Inc