collocates

noun

(linguistics) A component word of a collocation; a word that collocates with another.

verb

(linguistics, translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.

To arrange or occur side by side.

(obsolete, transitive) To set or place or station in the same place as something else.

adjective

(obsolete) Set; placed.

Roots

loc-place · Latin locus

Words related to collocates

collocationn lumpn comminglev centralizev conjoinv combinev desegregatev forgatherv amalgamatev congregatev

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