collocation (redirected from collocations)

col·lo·ca·tion  (kl-kshn)

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.

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collo·cation·al adj.

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Collocation a group or sequence formed by placing things side by side or in a place or position. e.g., words in a sentence or sound in music—Wilkes.

Examples: collocation of intervals and pores, 1684; of magazines, 1813; of poetry, 1873; of various metals, or inlaying them by way of ornament, 1881; of vowels and consonants, 1751; of words, 1750.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	collocation - a grouping of words in a sentence language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
	2.	collocation - the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" juxtaposition, apposition locating, positioning, emplacement, location, placement, position - the act of putting something in a certain place tessellation - the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a tessellation of hexagons"

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The physical placement of two or more detachments, units, organizations, or facilities at a specifically defined location.