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Synonyms for collocation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kol-uh-key-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒl əˈkeɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for collocation
- alliance
- alloting
- annexation
- apportionment
- articulation
- assemblage
- assignment
- assortment
- attachment
- bond
- cataloguing
- categorizing
- coalition
- codification
- coherence
- collocation
- combination
- combine
- concatenation
- concourse
- concursion
- confluence
- conjugation
- consignment
- consolidation
- convergence
- coupling
- crossing
- crossroads
- denomination
- department
- disposal
- disposition
- distributing
- division
- dovetail
- echelon
- elbow
- gathering
- gore
- gradation
- grading
- graduation
- group
- grouping
- hinge
- hookup
- interface
- intersection
- joining
- joint
- kind
- knee
- link
- linking
- meeting
- miter
- mortise
- node
- order
- ordering
- ordination
- organization
- pigeonholing
- pivot
- plug-in
- reunion
- seam
- sizing
- sorting
- splice
- systematization
- tabulating
- taxonomy
- terminal
- tie-in
- tie-up
- typecasting
- union
- weld
Définition of collocation
Origin :- mid-15c., from Latin collocationem (nominative collocatio), noun of action from past participle stem of collocare (see collocate). Linguistics sense is attested from 1940.
- As in junction/juncture : noun link, connection
- As in junction : noun connection
- As in classification : noun categorization
- Deem not this collocation simply a burlesque on Scientific categories.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- There was a fine shade of flattery in the collocation that touched the lawyer.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
- What could come of such a collocation of names but a life of incongruity and absurdity!
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- Return to textObserve the order of collocation in Genesis i: 5.
- Extract from : « Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 » by Various
- Then they are doing each other harm, at a rapid rate, by their collocation.
- Extract from : « To My Younger Brethren » by Handley C. G. Moule
- But the collocation of all and many is harsh, and the position of many is anomalous.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren
- The collocation of words delighted him and inspired him to verse.
- Extract from : « Huntingtower » by John Buchan
- No collocation of letters could reproduce Dougal's accent, and I will not attempt it.
- Extract from : « Huntingtower » by John Buchan
- If it ever fails, it is in consequence of some change in that collocation.
- Extract from : « A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive » by John Stuart Mill
- The collocation of appetentem with occupatum in 56 is no less awkward.
- Extract from : « Cato Maior de Senectute » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Antonyms for collocation
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