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collocate
In linguistics, this term describes the natural tendency of certain words to cluster together. It is a technical term used primarily by lexicographers and language learners to describe "word partnerships" that sound natural to native speakers, whereas a different combination might be grammatically correct but sound unnatural.
When used in a general organizational sense, the word implies a deliberate, strategic placement of items to facilitate comparison. This usage is significantly rarer than the linguistic sense and is typically found in academic or archival contexts.
Meanings
To occur frequently or habitually in the same linguistic context as another word.
Examples
The adjective strong typically collocates with the noun coffee.
Which adverbs collocate with the verb decide in this corpus?
I wonder if these two terms collocate naturally in a professional setting.
The researcher noted that the word heavy often collocates with rain.
The curator decided to collocate the modern paintings with the classical sculptures.
We should collocate the quarterly reports with the annual projections for a better comparison.
She carefully collocates the artifacts with their corresponding historical dates.
She carefully collocates the artifacts with their corresponding historical dates.
The software allows users to collocate different data sets side by side.