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