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collocating

collocating is the present participle and gerund 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 collocating

What is collocating the present participle and gerund of?
Collocating is the present participle and gerund of collocate.

Words near collocating in the dictionary

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

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