COLLOCATION


Meaning of COLLOCATION in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkāshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin collocation-, collocatio, from collocatus + -ion-, -io -ion

: the act or result of placing or arranging especially with something else

outcome of accidental collocations of atoms — Bertrand Russell

often : a noticeable arrangement or conjoining of words or other linguistic elements

the collocation of these two names — that of an elderly French marquise and of an English actor — L.P.Smith

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