collocation
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əˈkeɪ noun
1.
the act of collocating.
2.
the state or manner of being collocated.
3.
the arrangement, especially of words in a sentence.
4.
Linguistics. a co-occurrence of lexical items, as perform with operation or commit with crime.
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Collocation
is always a great word to know.
So is morph. Does it mean:
| the total inventory of morphemes in a given language plus their combinations with additional and derivative morphemes |
| a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment |
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collocation (ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence | |
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Word Origin & History
collocation
early 17c., from L. collocationem, noun of action from collocare (see collocate). Linguistics sense is attested from 1940.
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Example sentences
At the hearing, numerous questions arose involving collocation.
Scientific biography was interested in facts as such, in the collocation of miscellaneous information about persons.
Debit financial lines record prepayment warrant amounts to the appropriate agency collocation codes and expenditure accounts.
Collocation is the collection, or grouping, of transmitters for different communications services at a single site.
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