col·lo·cate

noun

/ˈkɒləkət/

/ˈkɑːləkət/

(linguistics)

a word that is often used with another word in a language搭配；连用
- ‘Bitter’ and ‘tears’ are collocates.bitter 和 tears 可搭配使用。

verb

/ˈkɒləkeɪt/

/ˈkɑːləkeɪt/

[intransitive] (linguistics)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they collocate	/ˈkɒləkeɪt/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪt/
he / she / it collocates	/ˈkɒləkeɪts/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪts/
past simple collocated	/ˈkɒləkeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪtɪd/
past participle collocated	/ˈkɒləkeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪtɪd/
-ing form collocating	/ˈkɒləkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːləkeɪtɪŋ/

collocate (with something) (of words) to be often used together in a language搭配；连用
- ‘Bitter’ collocates with ‘tears’ but ‘sour’ does not.bitter 可与 tears 搭配，而 sour 则不可。
- ‘Bitter’ and ‘tears’ collocate.bitter 和 tears 可搭配使用。
Word Originearly 16th cent. meaning to place things side by side in a particular relation: from Latin collocat- ‘placed together’, from the verb collocare, from col- ‘together’ + locare ‘to place’. The current sense dates from the 1950s.