ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COLLOCATE
From Latin collocāre, from com- together + locāre to place, from locus place.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COLLOCATE
PRESENT
Present
I collocate
you collocate
he/she/it collocates
we collocate
you collocate
they collocate
Present continuous
I am collocating
you are collocating
he/she/it is collocating
we are collocating
you are collocating
they are collocating
Present perfect
I have collocated
you have collocated
he/she/it has collocated
we have collocated
you have collocated
they have collocated
Present perfect continuous
I have been collocating
you have been collocating
he/she/it has been collocating
we have been collocating
you have been collocating
they have been collocating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I collocated
you collocated
he/she/it collocated
we collocated
you collocated
they collocated
Past continuous
I was collocating
you were collocating
he/she/it was collocating
we were collocating
you were collocating
they were collocating
Past perfect
I had collocated
you had collocated
he/she/it had collocated
we had collocated
you had collocated
they had collocated
Past perfect continuous
I had been collocating
you had been collocating
he/she/it had been collocating
we had been collocating
you had been collocating
they had been collocating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will collocate
you will collocate
he/she/it will collocate
we will collocate
you will collocate
they will collocate
Future continuous
I will be collocating
you will be collocating
he/she/it will be collocating
we will be collocating
you will be collocating
they will be collocating
Future perfect
I will have collocated
you will have collocated
he/she/it will have collocated
we will have collocated
you will have collocated
they will have collocated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been collocating
you will have been collocating
he/she/it will have been collocating
we will have been collocating
you will have been collocating
they will have been collocating
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would collocate
you would collocate
he/she/it would collocate
we would collocate
you would collocate
they would collocate
Conditional continuous
I would be collocating
you would be collocating
he/she/it would be collocating
we would be collocating
you would be collocating
they would be collocating
Conditional perfect
I would have collocate
you would have collocate
he/she/it would have collocate
we would have collocate
you would have collocate
they would have collocate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been collocating
you would have been collocating
he/she/it would have been collocating
we would have been collocating
you would have been collocating
they would have been collocating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you collocate
we let´s collocate
you collocate
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
collocated
Present Participle
collocating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLOCATE»
Discover the use of
collocate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
collocate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Corpora Galore: Analyses and Techniques in Describing ...
similar situation was found with some of the other node - collocate pairs (e.g.
hand-to-hand - battle/ fighting/ pass, gynaecology - department/doctor). There are
, however, also some clear examples in our set of node-collocate pairs where ...
2
Poetic Castles in Spain: British Romanticism and Figurations ...
similar situation was found with some of the other node - collocate pairs (e.g.
hand-to-hand - battle/ fighting/pass, gynaecology - department/doctor). There are,
however, also some clear examples in our set of node-collocate pairs where
native ...
Diego Saglia, John M. Kirk, 2000
3
The Word "Hesed" in the Hebrew Bible
Keywords, Showing Number of Items Collocating with Each Most of the keywords
collocate with more than half of the elements; two keywords collocate with more
than three-quarters of the elements, yet none of them collocates with all 20 ...
4
Towards a Multifunctional Lexical Resource: Design and ...
As was just mentioned, the query in (6.10) is to extract instances of V + Nobj
collocations whose collocate does not subcategorise a nominal direct object.
However, the query also extracts those instances which deviate from the well-
formed ...
5
Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use
Academic prose (2.7 million words) Big Large Great right freq. per right freq. per
right freq. per collocate million collocate million collocate million enough 2.2
number 48.3 deal 44.6 traders 1.1 numbers 31.3 importance 12.5 scale 29.4
number ...
Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, Randi Reppen, 1998
6
Quantitative Corpus Linguistics with R: A Practical Introduction
For example, if you call up a concordance of the word difference, then you will
most certainly find that the most frequent L1 collocate is the while the most
frequent R1 collocate is between. Thus, a collocate display for a word tells you
which ...
7
Text and Technology: In Honour of John Sinclair
The collocate program I describe here the current version of a program for the
identification of significant collocations, and discuss its operation and its value for
lexicography.2 The user specifies a word of interest and under default options the
...
Mona Baker, Gill Francis, Elena Tognini-Bonelli, 1993
8
Lexical Priming in Spoken English Usage
Think co-occurs with I in 12.3 per cent of all uses of I in BNC/C – it is the 11th
most used I collocate – but it accounts for only 8.1 per cent of instances in SCO,
where it ranks 13th. You co-occurs with I in 17.1 per cent of all uses of I in BNC/C
but ...
9
Collocation: Applications and Implications
Table 8.6 Twenty most significant collocates of gotten by t-score, British
subcorpora Collocate Frequency as collocate t-score Collocate Frequency as
collocate t-score had 229 13.40 into 57 5.91 have 214 11.99 t 71 5.68 ill 141
11.83 hadn 29 ...
Geoff Barnbrook, Oliver Mason, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, 2013
10
Forgetful Muses: Reading the Author in the Text
Collocate (a), which subsumes 'it be now,' 'it will be now,' and 'it be not now,' has
subcollocates 'it' + 'now. ... ( (it) & (come) ) When a collocate has sub-collocates,
other words, which I call distractors, may disguise the basic repeating pattern.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLOCATE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
collocate is used in the context of the following news items.
Un flop il bike sharing
Un flop il bike sharing della Bassa costato 280mila euro. Nessuno usa le 56 biciclette a noleggio sparse fra le otto postazioni collocate fra ... «Il Cittadino, Jun 15»
'Black spot' phone reception funding welcomed in disaster-prone …
PETER LLOYD: So they would nominate a charge, a cost per customer, to collocate their customers on premises which are run by Telstra, ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
Iowa Will Have Expanded Broadband Internet Access
Applicants (cell tower companies) will be required to provide an explanation as to why they are asking to build new rather than to collocate with ... «Blog for Iowa, Jun 15»
Sibari, l'acqua dell'oblio
Finora il sito è stato tenuto asciutto grazie a un sistema di well-points – pompe collocate in superficie che aspirano la falda tramite aste verticali ... «il manifesto, Jun 15»
Proposed ordinance limits tower locations
A developer must pay $1,500 to collocate equipment on an existing tower and $2,500 to build new. A $7,500 deposit is also required for a new ... «Columbus Telegram, Jun 15»
Planners Fine-Tune Schedule For 2016 European Amusement and …
Building on the success of this year's EAG, the 2016 staging will collocate BALPPA's Visitor Attraction Expo with the EAG International Expo. «Vending Times, Jun 15»
Verizon wants to install temporary cell tower for Lockn'
Padalino said Verizon could potentially collocate with other carriers but it is unlikely. “It would be atypical for a temporary tower to have ... «The Daily Progress, Jun 15»
How 3 Companies Harness the Power of IT Aggregation
“These days, it doesn't really make sense for most businesses to collocate a bunch of servers together in the same office where everyone is ... «BizTech Magazine, Jun 15»
MODE Melbourne moves into new Carlton studio with Williams Boag …
The MODE Melbourne Studio has moved to a new studio space in Carlton on 51 Leicester Stree, which will see it collocate with WBa, formerly ... «Architecture and Design, Jun 15»
'We are the core of supporting carrier neutral capabilities'
You competitor spends Operating Expenditure (OPEX), comes to collocate with Rack Centre and they are in business within 6-8 weeks. You've ... «BusinessDay, Jun 15»
