Definition/Meaning of collocation

• English - Noun: collocation (countable and uncountable, plural collocations) (uncountable) The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds . 1869, Friedrich Max Müller, Lectures on the Science of Language delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in April, May, and June, 1861, 2nd ed, Scribner, p 288 Everything in fact depends in Chinese on the proper collocation of words in a…
• English - Etymology: Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *stel-der.? Proto-Italic *s(t)lokos Old Latin stlocus Latin locus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin locō Latin collocō…
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌkɒl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (Atlantic Canada, General American) IPA: /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (Boston, Canada, Maine) IPA: /ˈkɒl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (Australia) IPA: /ˈkɔl.əˈkæɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• English - Derived terms: collocate collocability collocational collocation extraction miscollocation