collocation
Americannoun
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the act of collocating.
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the state or manner of being collocated.
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the arrangement, especially of words in a sentence.
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Linguistics. a co-occurrence of lexical items, as perform with operation or commit with crime.
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Etymology
Origin of collocation
1595–1605; < Latin collocātiōn- (stem of collocātiō ), equivalent to collocāt ( us ) ( see collocate) + -iōn- -ion
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Collocation finders extract multi-word sequences that occur together more often than would be expected by chance.
From Scientific American • Nov. 26, 2012
That this Effect is owing to the Collocation will appear by considering any one of the Instances now produc'd.
From Letters Concerning Poetical Translations And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by Benson, William
I remember an Instance of this Monosyllable Collocation at the Beginning of a Line in rhym'd Verse, which is very well worth inserting here.
From Letters Concerning Poetical Translations And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by Benson, William
This artful Collocation commands the Attention, and makes the Reader feel and see what is offer'd to him.
From Letters Concerning Poetical Translations And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by Benson, William
I cannot omit two other Instances of Milton's wonderful Art in the Collocation of Words, by which the Thoughts are exceedingly heighten'd.
From Letters Concerning Poetical Translations And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by Benson, William
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