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collocate
CIDE DICTIONARY
collocate, a. [L. collocatus, p. p. of collocare. See Couch.].
Set; placed. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
collocate, v. t.
To set or place; to set; to station. [1913 Webster]
"To marshal and collocate in order his battalions." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
collocate, v.tr.
1 place together or side by side.
2 arrange; set in a particular place.
3 (often foll. by with) Linguistics juxtapose (a word etc.) with another.
1 place together or side by side.
2 arrange; set in a particular place.
3 (often foll. by with) Linguistics juxtapose (a word etc.) with another.
Derivative
collocation n.
Etymology
L collocare collocat- (as COM-, locare to place)
ROGET THESAURUS
collocate
Arrangement
VB 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, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.Assemblage
VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, 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, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.For further exploring for "collocate" in Webster Dictionary Online