collocate

• Verbe utilisé en linguistique pour décrire la façon dont des mots ou des termes se combinent naturellement et de manière habituelle entre eux dans une langue.

A verb used in linguistics to describe the act of words or terms being placed together in a habitual or natural way within a language.

1. Occur together in languageC1formal

   To have a strong tendency to appear together in a language, forming natural-sounding combinations.

   cooccurré

   • The words 'strong' and 'coffee' collocate frequently.
   • In English, 'make' and 'decision' collocate naturally.
   • Linguists study which words collocate in different contexts.

   Synonymesco-occur

2. Group or arrange togetherC1formal

   To place or arrange items side by side in a specific order or group.

   Placer ou arranger ensemble

   • The librarian collocated the books by subject.
   • In the database, records are collocated for easier access.
   • The software collocates related files automatically.

   Synonymesarrangeassembleclustercollectgrouporderorganizeput togetherset

   Antonymesdisconnectdisjoindispersedivideisolatepartscatterseparatesplit

Variantes phrasalcollocate with