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collocation

[ kol-uh-key-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of collocating.
the state or manner of being collocated.
the arrangement, especially of words in a sentence.
Linguistics. a co-occurrence of lexical items, as perform with operation or commit with crime.

1595–1605; < Latin collocātiōn- (stem of collocātiō ), equivalent to collocāt ( us ) ( collocate ) + -iōn- -ion

We cannot tell whether it depends wholly on laws, or partly on laws and partly on a collocation.

If it depends on a collocation, it will be true in all the cases in which that particular collocation exists.

The derivative law in this case depends not solely on laws, but on a collocation; and collocations cannot be reduced to any law.

Whereas Descartes made the union between them a violent collocation, Geulincx practically called it a miracle.

The collocation of "grace" and "strength" in the ninth verse is characteristic of the New Testament, and very significant.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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