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Collocation

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co-locationnounAn instance of co-locating.
colocationnounAlternative spelling of co-location. [An instance of co-locating.]
collocatenoun(linguistics) A component word of a collocation; a word that collocates with another.
colligationnounA binding together.
collocabilitynoun(linguistics) The tendency or legitimacy of words to occur together in a collocation.
juxtapositionnounThe nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
colligabilitynoun(linguistics) The ability to group together to form a colligation.
collocatornounA word which often or regularly collocates with another word.
appositionnoun(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
conjuncturenounA set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture.
collocantnounA word which collocates with another.
juxtapositioningnounAn act of juxtaposition.
constellationnoun(modern astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.
pairingnounThe combination or union of two things.
co-occurrencenoun(uncountable) The fact of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else; correlation.
consociationnoun(uncountable) Associating, or coming together in a union; (countable) an instance of this.
cocompoundingnoun(linguistics) The formation of cocompounds.
conj.noun(grammar) Abbreviation of conjugation. [The coming together of things; union.]
compositionnounA work of music, literature or art.
conjunctionnoun(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)

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