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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HE jingling rhymes of Dr. Watts Excite the reader's just impatience, He wearies of Sir Walter Scott's Melodious verbal collocations, And with advancing years he learns To love the simpler style of Burns.
From More Misrepresentative Men by Harry Graham
To produce a bonfire, there must not only be fuel, and air, and a spark, which are collocations, but chemical action between the air and the materials, which is a force.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill
Their words are ideas—their words are images, enchanting collocations and unforgettable signs.
From The Tragic Muse by Henry James
The derivative law in this case depends not solely on laws, but on a collocation; and collocations can not be reduced to any law.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill
But collocations of stars are by no means limited to two.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
