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Collocate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Collocate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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

Verb
1

have a strong tendency to occur side by side

"The words `new' and `world' collocate"

2

group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

3

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