Definitions for collocation

collocation col·lo·ca·tion

Spelling: [kol-uh-key-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌkɒl əˈkeɪ ʃən/

Collocation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 346 anagrams from letters in collocation (accillnooot).

Definitions for collocation

noun

  1. the act of collocating.
  2. the state or manner of being collocated.
  3. the arrangement, especially of words in a sentence.
  4. Linguistics. a co-occurrence of lexical items, as perform with operation or commit with crime.

Origin of collocation

1595-1605; Latin collocātiōn- (stem of collocātiō), equivalent to collocāt(us) (see collocate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for collocation

There was a fine shade of flattery in the collocation that touched the lawyer.

Deem not this collocation simply a burlesque on Scientific categories.

No collocation of letters could reproduce Dougal's accent, and I will not attempt it.

But the collocation of all and many is harsh, and the position of many is anomalous.

What could come of such a collocation of names but a life of incongruity and absurdity!

The collocation of words delighted him and inspired him to verse.

Then they are doing each other harm, at a rapid rate, by their collocation.

If it ever fails, it is in consequence of some change in that collocation.

The collocation of appetentem with occupatum in 56 is no less awkward.

Return to textObserve the order of collocation in Genesis i: 5.

Word Value for collocation
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Words with friends

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