collocation
noun
the act of collocating.
collocations
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pluralof collocation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These are ordinarily true only within certain limits of time, place, and circumstance, since, beyond these, there may be different collocations or counteracting agencies.
From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by W. (William) Stebbing
Now, the possibility of the occurrence of counteracting causes which do not arise from any of the conditions involved in the law itself depends on the original collocations.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill
Her connection with Apollo arose possibly from a collocation of her cult with his in some place; in such collocations the goddess would become, in mythological constructions, the mother, sister, or wife of the god.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
Along with any number of stationary antecedents, which are collocations, there must be at least one changing antecedent, which is a force.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill
Nyâya-Vais`e@sika regarded all effects as being due to the assemblage of certain collocations which unconditionally, invariably, and immediately preceded these effects.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
