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collocates

collocates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of collocate.

collocates is the plural 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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Questions about collocates

What is collocates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Collocates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of collocate.

Words near collocates in the dictionary

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

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