collocating Definition

collocate
verb collocated, collocating

1. To arrange or group together in some kind of order.
2. grammar.
Said of a word: to occur frequently alongside another word, often as part of the construction that relates it to its context.
Example: ‘Different' collocates with ‘from' and ‘to', and sometimes with ‘than'

Etymology: 16c: from Latin collocare to place together.