collocate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb have a strong tendency to occur side by side
    • The words 'new' and 'world' collocate
  2. verb group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
    chunk; lump.

WordNet

Col"lo*cate adjective
Etymology
L. collocatus, p. p. of collocare. See Couch.
Definitions
  1. Set; placed. Obs. Bacon.
Col"lo*cate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Collocated ; present participle & verbal noun Collocating
Definitions
  1. To set or place; to set; to station.
    To marshal and collocate in order his battalions. E. Hall.

Webster 1913