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collocate

 
Dictionary: col·lo·cate   (kŏl'ə-kāt') pronunciation


v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

v.tr.
To place together or in proper order; arrange side by side.

v.intr.
To occur in a collocation. Used of words: Rancid often collocates with butter.

[Latin collocāre, collocāt- : com-, com- + locāre, to place; see locate.]


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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: occur side by side

Meaning #2: group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
  Synonyms: lump, chunk


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ordne, sammenstille, kollokere
n. - særlig tit brugt sammenstilling af ord (ex rislende kilde)

Nederlands (Dutch)
naast elkaar plaatsen, collocatie, bijeenplaatsing

Français (French)
v. tr. - réunir, ordonner, arranger
n. - (Ling) collocation, cooccurrent

Deutsch (German)
v. - zusammenstellen, aufführen, kombinieren, (Ling.) kollokieren
n. - (Ling.) Kollokation, Zusammenstellung, Anordnung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (συμ)παραθέτω, αραδιάζω, συντάσσομαι, σχηματίζω ιδιωματική φράση

Italiano (Italian)
collocazione, collocare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - colocar, dispor

Русский (Russian)
расставлять, размещать, сочетать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - colocar, ordenar, disponer
n. - colocación, ordenación, disposición

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ställa samman, placera i rätt ordning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
布置, 排列, 配置

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 佈置, 排列, 配置
n. - 布置, 排列, 配置

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 나란히 놓다, 배열하다
n. - (언어학) 다른 말과 흔히 병치되는 단어

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 結びつく, 連語をなす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) (كلمات) تستعمل مع بعض, وضع في مكان واحد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ליווה באופן טבעי, סידר זה בצד זה, סידר מילה ליד מילה‬
n. - ‮סידור מלים במשפט, צירוף יחד של מלים שיש ביניהן קשר‬


 
 
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