Collocate
Etymology:
Meaning:
In linguistics, a collocate is a word or phrase that occurs frequently in the same context as another word or phrase.
Origin:
The term "collocate" was first used in linguistics in the early 20th century by John Rupert Firth, a British linguist. Firth used the term to describe the way words and phrases tend to occur together in specific patterns. He believed that the study of collocations could provide insights into the structure and meaning of language.
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