From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcollocatecol‧lo‧cate /ˈkɒləkeɪt $ ˈkɑː-/ verb [intransitive] SL technical when words collocate, they are often used together and sound natural togethercollocate with ‘Enigmatic’ collocates with ‘smile’. —collocate /-kət/ noun [countable]→ See Verb tableOrigin collocate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of collocare “to put together”, from com- ( → COM-) + locare ( → LOCATE)
