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collocation - 4 dictionary results

col⋅lo⋅ca⋅tion

[kol-uh-key-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of collocating.
2. the state or manner of being collocated.
3. the arrangement, esp. of words in a sentence.
4. Linguistics. a co-occurrence of lexical items, as perform with operation or commit with crime.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L collocātiōn- (s. of collocātiō), equiv. to collocāt(us) (see collocate ) + -iōn- -ion


col⋅lo⋅ca⋅tion⋅al, col⋅lo⋅ca⋅tive, adjective
col·lo·ca·tion   (kŏl'ō-kā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of collocating or the state of being collocated.
  2. An arrangement or juxtaposition of words or other elements, especially those that commonly co-occur, as rancid butter, bosom buddy, or dead serious.
col'lo·ca'tion·al adj.

Collocation

Col`lo*ca"tion\, n. [L. collocatio.] The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

The choice and collocation of words. --Sir W. Jones.

collocation
co-location

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