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Share This col·lo·ca·tion Audio Help / ˌkɒl / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ kol-uh -key -shuh ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –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 . perform with operation or commit with crime.
[Origin:
1595–1605; < L
collocātiōn- (s. of
collocātiō ), equiv. to
collocāt (
us ) (see
collocate ) +
-iōn- -ion ]
—Related forms col·lo·ca·tion·al, col·lo·ca·tive, adjective
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The act of collocating or the state of being collocated.
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.
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Share This collocation noun 1. a grouping of words in a sentence 2. the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [syn: juxtaposition ]
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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.
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