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dislocate

dis·lo·cate

dislocate

 
pronunciation:
dIs l keIt
features:
Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: dislocates, dislocating, dislocated
definition 1: to put out of place, esp. in relation to other parts.
definition 2: to displace (a bodily part), esp. to put (a bone) out of joint.
definition 3: to put into disorder; disrupt.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)dislocate almost, badly, completely, constantly, nearly, severely
(v.)dislocate + nounHelp ankle, bone, economy, elbow, extent, finger, hip, jaw, joint, knee, kneecap, neck, season, shoulder, thumb, tooth, vertebra, worker, wrist
Word Parts  About this feature
The word dislocate contains the following parts:
loc Latin root that means place
-ate1 Latin verb-forming suffix that means to make, cause, do
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The suffix -ate primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).