1. placing or arranging things together in the same location
Usage: present participle of collocate
2. occurring together habitually, especially of words in language
Usage: linguistics; present participle of collocate

Examples

• The librarian is collocating all the reference books in one section.
• They are collocating the related departments on the same floor.
• The researcher is studying how certain adjectives are collocating with specific nouns.
• Words like ‘strong’ and ‘coffee’ are frequently collocating in English.
• The team is collocating the equipment in the storage room.
• Linguists analyze which words are collocating most often in speech patterns.