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Collocation

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Noun

1. collocation

a grouping of words in a sentence

2. apposition, collocation, juxtaposition

the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

Example Sentences:
'it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Collocation

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noun
a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence

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Collocation

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noun
a collocating or being collocated; specif., an arrangement, as of words in a sentence

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Collocation

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n.
1. The act of collocating or the state of being collocated.
2. An arrangement or juxtaposition of words or other elements, especially those that commonly co-occur, as rancid butter, bosom buddy, or dead serious.

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