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Definition: Collocate |
CollocateVerb1. Lump, group, or chunk together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CollocateSynonyms: chunk (v), lump (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Collocate |
| English words defined with "collocate": Collocated, Collocating. (references) |
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 33.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "collocate": collocate with ♦ collocate with smb.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
collocate shelter | 4 |
collocate | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 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) 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) расстанавливать, располагать (arrange, be in possession of, dispose, housed, incline, siting, situate, situates, situating). (various references) rasporediti (arrange, cast, dispose, place). (various references) 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) ställa samman (combine, compile). (various references) 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) розташовувати (arrange, dispose, order, site, state, station), розміщати (situate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "collocate": collocated, collocates. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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