Collocate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

have a strong tendency to occur side by side

group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɪnɔɪd/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsfˈeɪvɜːɹə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsfˈeɪvɜːɹə/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɪnɔɪd/.

Examples

The words 'new' and 'world' collocate

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

chunk lump

Parts of Speech

verb	have a strong tendency to occur side by side “The words 'new' and 'world' collocate”
verb	group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

Word Forms

collocation	noun	the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
lumper	noun	a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
lump	noun	a large piece of something without definite shape
chunk	noun	a compact mass
chunking	noun	(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zusammenstellen

haben eine starke Tendenz, nebeneinander aufzutreten

🇫🇷French

colocaliser

ont une forte tendance à se produire côte à côte

🇪🇸Spanish

colocar

tienen una fuerte tendencia a ocurrir uno al lado del otro

🇮🇹Italian

collocare

hanno una forte tendenza a verificarsi fianco a fianco

🇳🇱Dutch

legeren

hebben een sterke neiging om naast elkaar voor te komen

🇵🇹Portuguese

colocar

têm uma forte tendência a ocorrer lado a lado

🇷🇺Russian

совмещать

имеют сильную тенденцию возникать бок о бок

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लगाना

साथ-साथ घटित होने की प्रबल प्रवृत्ति होती है

🇧🇩Bengali

সংঘবদ্ধ করা

পাশাপাশি ঘটতে একটি শক্তিশালী প্রবণতা আছে

🇮🇳Marathi

एकत्र करणे

शेजारी शेजारी घडण्याची तीव्र प्रवृत्ती आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભેગા કરવું

સાથે-સાથે થવાની મજબૂત વૃત્તિ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೊಲೊಕೇಟ್

ಅಕ್ಕಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸುವ ಬಲವಾದ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿವೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൂട്ടുകൂടുക

അടുത്തടുത്തായി സംഭവിക്കാനുള്ള ശക്തമായ പ്രവണതയുണ്ട്

🇵🇰Urdu

جمع کرنا

ساتھ ساتھ ہونے کا ایک مضبوط رجحان ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

搭配

有很强的同时发生的倾向

🇯🇵Japanese

並べる

併発する傾向が強い

🇰🇷Korean

나란히 놓다

나란히 나타나는 경향이 강하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sắp xếp thứ tự

có xu hướng mạnh mẽ xảy ra cạnh nhau

🇹🇭Thai

จัดวาง

มีแนวโน้มรุนแรงที่จะเกิดขึ้นควบคู่กันไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

menempatkan

mempunyai kecenderungan yang kuat untuk terjadi secara berdampingan

🇵🇭Filipino

mag-collocate

magkaroon ng isang malakas na ugali na mangyari magkatabi

🇲🇾Malay

berkumpul

mempunyai kecenderungan yang kuat untuk berlaku bersebelahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رصف

لديهم ميل قوي إلى الحدوث جنبًا إلى جنب

🇮🇷Persian

جمع کردن

تمایل زیادی به رخ دادن در کنار هم دارند

🇹🇷Turkish

yan yana yerleştirmek

yan yana meydana gelme konusunda güçlü bir eğilime sahip olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לרכז

יש נטייה חזקה להתרחש זה לצד זה

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The primary meaning of 'collocate' is 'have a strong tendency to occur side by side'.

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