collocate, lump, chunk
(verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
collocate
(verb) have a strong tendency to occur side by side; “The words ‘new’ and ‘world’ collocate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
collocate (third-person singular simple present collocates, present participle collocating, simple past and past participle collocated)
(linguistics, translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
To arrange or occur side by side.
(obsolete, transitive) To set or place; to station.
• E. Hall
collocate (plural collocates)
(linguistics) A component word of a collocation.
collocate (not comparable)
(obsolete) Set; placed.
Source: Wiktionary
Col"lo*cate, a. Etym: [L. collocatus, p. p. of collocare. See Couch.]
Definition: Set; placed. [Obs.] Bacon.
Col"lo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Collocating.]
Definition: To set or place; to set; to station. To marshal and collocate in order his battalions. E. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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