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collocation
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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.

collo·cation·al adj.

collocation [ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən]
n
a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence

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.

The physical placement of two or more detachments, units, organizations, or facilities at a specifically defined location.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"
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"
Translations
collocation [ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən] Ncolocación f
collocation
n (Gram) → Kollokation f


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