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Verb: collocate  'kó-lu,keyt
  1. Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
    "The linguist collocated words that frequently appear together";
    - lump, chunk
     
  2. Have a strong tendency to occur side by side
    "The words ‘new’ and ‘world’ collocate"

Derived forms: collocating, collocated, collocates

Type of: group, occur

Encyclopedia: Collocate