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COLLOCATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

chunk; collocate; lump

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "collocate" is one way to...):

group (arrange into a group or groups)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

collocation (the act of positioning close together (or side by side))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have a strong tendency to occur side by side

Example:

The words 'new' and 'world' collocate

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "collocate" is one way to...):

occur (to be found to exist)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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