collocation
[ kol-uh-key-shuhn ]
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.
Origin of collocation
1Other 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
a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence
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