collocation

[ kol-uh-key-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of collocating.

  2. the state or manner of being collocated.

  1. the arrangement, especially of words in a sentence.

  2. Linguistics. a co-occurrence of lexical items, as perform with operation or commit with crime.

Origin of collocation

1
1595–1605; <Latin collocātiōn- (stem of collocātiō), equivalent to collocāt(us) (see collocate) + -iōn--ion

Other words from collocation

  • col·lo·ca·tion·al, col·lo·ca·tive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for collocation

collocation

/ (ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence

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