variants:
or co-locate
colocated or co-located; colocating or co-locating; colocates or co-locates
Definition of colocate
: to locate (two or more things) together or be located together: such as
a
transitive
: to cause (two or more things) to be in the same place or close together
They [fog signals] are usually co-located with another form of aid such as a light … — Dutton's Navigation & Piloting 14th Edition These rings almost certainly have their origin in the release of dust from each of the four small satellites … which are colocated with the rings.— Carolyn C. Porco
b
transitive
: to place (two or more units) close together so as to share common facilities
Staying with the relaxation theme, it will make sense to co-locate entertainment facilities, so your family and friends can occupy themselves during the training.— Erik Seedhouse
c
transitive
: to place (computer servers) together in a secure dedicated storage facility
It has thousands of customers who pay handsomely to colocate servers in carrier-neutral data centers that are network and cloud interconnection hubs.— Bill Stoller
d
intransitive
: to be in the same location
… announced May 18 that the Oregon School for the Blind and the Oregon School for the Deaf would co-locate on the OSD campus in Salem after the 2008-09 school year …— Bill Church
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The first known use of colocate was in 1897
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