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collocated

collocated is the simple past and past participle of collocate.

Meaning of collocate

Verb

collocate (third-person singular simple present collocates, present participle collocating, simple past and past participle collocated)

  1. (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
  2. To arrange or occur side by side.
    Synonyms:
    co-locate
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To set or place or station in the same place as something else.
    • to marſhall and collocate in order his battayles1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke
    Synonyms:
    co-locate

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Words formed from collocated

Questions about collocated

What is collocated the simple past and past participle of?
Collocated is the simple past and past participle of collocate.

Words near collocated in the dictionary

  1. collocalizing
  2. collocant
  3. collocants
  4. collocatable
  5. collocate
  6. collocated
  7. collocates
  8. collocating
  9. collocation
  10. collocation extraction
  11. collocational

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