Collocation
Definition of Collocation
Col`lo`ca´tion
n.
1.
The
act
of
placing
;
the
state
of
being
placed
with
something
else
;
disposition
in
place
;
arrangement
.
The
choice
and
collocation
of
words
.
- Sir W. Jones.
2.
(Linguistics)
a
combination
of
related
words
within
a
sentence
that
occurs
more
frequently
than
would
be
predicted
in
a
random
arrangement
of
words
;
a
combination
of
words
that
occurs
with
sufficient
frequency
to
be
recongizable
as
a
common
combination
,
especially
a
pair
of
words
that
occur
adjacent
to
each
other
.
Also
called
stable
collocation
.
Combinations
of
words
having
intervening
words
between
them
,
such
as
verb
and
object
pairs
,
may
also
be
collocations
.
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