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Collocate

Definition: Collocate

Collocate

Verb

1. Lump, group, or chunk together.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Collocate

Synonyms: chunk (v), lump (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Collocate

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arrangement

Verb: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally. arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion.

Assemblage

Assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate; get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup, concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate; (store); collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Collocate

English words defined with "collocate": Collocated, Collocating. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Collocate

"Collocate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Collocate" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)66.67%6143,867
Lexical Verb (infinitive)33.33%3202,518
                    Total100.00%9N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Collocate

Expressions using "collocate": collocate with collocate with smb.. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Collocate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

collocate shelter

4

collocate

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Collocate

Language Translations for "collocate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vë krah për krah, rendit (calendar, compose, dispose, enumerate, line, Marshal, rank, sort out), rendis (calendar, compose, dispose, enumerate, line, Marshal, rank, sort out). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نظم (adjust, arrange, array, bed, cast, code, codify, compose, construct, control, dispose, fix, form, groom, lay, line, marshal, mastermind, measure, order, organize, plan, poetize, put in order, put things straight, reform, regiment, regulate, regulation, right, seed, settle, shape, shuffle, sort, spruce up, stage, streamline, systematize, verse), ‏رتب (arrange, clean, construct, corral, dispose, do, form, hierarchy, lash up, line, marshal, ordain, order, pack, pigeonhole, plume, put in order, put things straight, range, rate, set, shape, sort, spruce up, stow, straighten, tidy, trim), ‏رصف (alignment, be compact, cobble, collocation, dress, pave, paving, wharf). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разполагам (dispose, pitch, position, settle, site, situate), настанявам (accommodate, encamp, establish, fix up, induct, instal, install, place, put up, set, set up, settle, station), нареждам (arrange, bid, decree, dispose, dress, enjoin, have, lay out, make, ordain, order, pack, pitch, range, seriate, set, set out, set up, settle, sort out, tell, trim). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

'列 (Align, aligned, aligning, ARRAYED, Arraying, Collocated, Collocating, Ranged, ranging, ranked). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uložit (bestow, deposit, ensconce, house, impose, inflict, input, keep, land with, pack off, place, put to bed, save, seat, Stow). (various references)

   

Danish

  

indskrive kreditorer i rækkefølge (to collocate creditors). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schuldeisers plaatsen (to collocate creditors), regeling van de voorrang der schuldeisers (to collocate creditors). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vahvistaa velkojien maksunsaantijärjestys (to collocate creditors). (various references)

   

French

  

arranger (compose, construct, corral). (various references)

   

German

  

zusammenstellen (arrange, assemble, assort, collect together, compilate, compile, compose, concoct, draft, draw up, lump together, make out, pick, put together, set, to assemble, to assort, to compilate, to compose), ordnen (arrange, fix up, Marshal, order, organize, put in order, sort out, straighten out, tabulate, to arrange, to tabulate). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παραθέτω (appose, cite, juxtapose, quote), τοποθετώ (fit, install, instate, invest, lay, locate, place, pose, posit, position, post, put, set, set up, station). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לבוא בצרוף עם. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

osztályoz (categorize, class, classify, grade, label, to assort, to calendar, to categorise, to class, to classify, to distribute, to grade, to itemize, to label, to mark, to pigeonhole, to range, to staple), összeállít (assemble, compile, compose, edit, frame, make out, piece together, shook, to aggregate, to compile, to erect, to make up, to patch, to piece together, to refit). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menempatkan (locate, put, stand). (various references)

   

Italian

  

collocare (arrange, article, find employment, lay, Lodge, place, place oneself, plant, position, put, range, seat, set, site, situate, stand, Stow). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

배치하십시" (Deploy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ollocatecay

   

Portuguese

  

colocar (bestow, clap, dispose, lay, lay down, locate, pitch, placatory, place, plant, pose, posit, post, put, put down, set, ship, stick), dispor (afford, assort, bunch, dispose, fix up, incline, lay out, line up, make, ordain, order, park, post, prepare, put right). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

dispune (arrange, array, decide, dispose, enjoin, Marshal, order, place, set), aşeza (arrange, bed, beset, bestow, build, dispose, encase, establish, fall, fix, impose, lay, lay down, place, position, put, put down, put on, repose, seat, set, settle, situate, stack, stand, stick, Stow, subside). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

расстанавливать, располагать (arrange, be in possession of, dispose, housed, incline, siting, situate, situates, situating). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rasporediti (arrange, cast, dispose, place). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

colocar (adjust, bestow, dispose, embattle, employ, enrol, go in, install, invest, lay, lay down, locate, Lodge, marry off, perch, pitch, place, plant, play, posit, position, put, put down, put up, seat, set, set up, settle, situate, stand, station, Stow, tune), hallar (come across, dispose, encounter, find, meet, see). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ställa samman (combine, compile). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yanyana koymak (juxtapose), sıralamak (align, Aline, arrange, array, collate, compile, concatenate, juxtapose, line up, Marshal, put in order, range, string), düzenlemek (arrange, calendar, compose, construct, coordinate, dispose, do, do out, draw, draw up, engineer, execute, fix up, forge, form, frame, get things square, get up, give, grade, lay out, line up, methodize, Mount, order, organize, promote, put up, regularize, regulate, scheme, set, set out, shape, stage, string, whack up, work up). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розташовувати (arrange, dispose, order, site, state, station), розміщати (situate). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Collocate

Derivations

Words beginning with "collocate": collocated, collocates. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Collocate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caleacte, cholocate, collacate, colocate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Collocate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-l-l-o-o-t"

-1 letter: colocate.

-2 letters: collate, collect.

-3 letters: callet, collet, locale, locate, ocelot.

-4 letters: allot, atoll, cecal, cella, cello, cleat, cloot, coact, cocoa, eclat, local, octal.

-5 letters: alec, aloe, alto, call, calo, cate, ceca, cell, celt, clot, coal, coat, coca, coco, cola, cole, colt, cool, coot, cote, lace, late, leal, loca, loco, loot, lota, olea, oleo, olla, tace.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-l-l-o-o-t"
 

+1 letter: collocated, collocates, colorectal.

 

+3 letters: blastocoelic.

 

+4 letters: autecological, technological.

 

+5 letters: eschatological.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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