collocate
verb
col·lo·cate ˈkä-lə-ˌkāt 
collocated; collocating
transitive verb
: to set or arrange in a place or position
especially : to set side by side
intransitive verb
: to occur in conjunction with something
Example Sentences
The word “college” collocates with “student.”
Word History
Etymology
Latin collocatus, past participle of collocare, from com- + locare to place, from locus place — more at stall
First Known Use
1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
collocations
noun
as in phrases
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