- a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence
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col•lo•ca•tion
(kol′ə kā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
col′lo•ca′tion•al, col′lo•ca′tive, adj.
- the act of collocating.
- the state or manner of being collocated.
- the arrangement, esp. of words in a sentence.
- Linguisticsa co-occurrence of lexical items, as perform with operation or commit with crime.
- Latin collocātiōn- (stem of collocātiō), equivalent. to collocāt(us) (see collocate) + -iōn- -ion
- 1595–1605
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collocation /ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən/ n
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