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Noun: collocation  `kó-lu'key-shun
  1. A grouping of words in a sentence
     
  2. The act of positioning close together (or side by side)
    "it is the result of the collocation of contrasting colours"
    - juxtaposition, apposition

Derived forms: collocations

See also: collocate

Type of: emplacement, language unit, linguistic unit, locating, location, placement, position, positioning

Encyclopedia: Collocation

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Collinsia verna
Collinsonia
Collinsonia canadensis
Collis Potter Huntington
collision
collision course
Collocalia
Collocalia inexpectata
collocate
collocate with
collocation
collodion
collogue
colloid
colloidal
colloidal gel
colloidal solution
colloidal suspension
colloidally
collop
colloq.