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COLLOCATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does collocation mean?

• COLLOCATION (noun)
The noun COLLOCATION has 2 senses:

1. a grouping of words in a sentence
2. the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

Familiarity information: COLLOCATION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COLLOCATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A grouping of words in a sentence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("collocation" is a kind of...):

language unit; linguistic unit (one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed)

Sense 2

collocation ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The act of positioning close together (or side by side)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

juxtaposition; collocation; apposition

Context example:

it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors

Hypernyms ("collocation" is a kind of...):

emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning (the act of putting something in a certain place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collocation"):

tessellation (the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern)

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