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Meaning of "collocation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLLOCATION

collocation  [ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLLOCATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Collocation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLLOCATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Collocation

In corpus linguistics, a collocation is a sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance. In phraseology, collocation is a sub-type of phraseme. An example of a phraseological collocation, as propounded by Michael Halliday, is the expression strong tea. While the same meaning could be conveyed by the roughly equivalent *powerful tea, this expression is considered incorrect by English speakers. Conversely, the corresponding expression for computer, powerful computers is preferred over *strong computers. Phraseological collocations should not be confused with idioms, where meaning is derived, whereas collocations are mostly compositional. There are about six main types of collocations: adjective+noun, noun+noun, verb+noun, adverb+adjective, verbs+prepositional phrase, and verb+adverb. Collocation extraction is a task that extracts collocations automatically from a corpus, using computational linguistics.

Definition of collocation in the English dictionary

The definition of collocation in the dictionary is a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLLOCATION


allocation
ˌæləˈkeɪʃən
application
ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən
authentication
ɔːˌθentɪˈkeɪʃən
certification
ˌsɜːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
classification
ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
communication
kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən
dedication
ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
education
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən
identification
aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
indication
ˌɪndɪˈkeɪʃən
location
ləʊˈkeɪʃən
medication
ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
modification
ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
notification
ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
publication
ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən
qualification
ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
relocation
ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən
specification
ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən
verification
ˌvɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLLOCATION

collocate
collocational
collocutor
collocutory
collodion
collodium
collogue
colloguing
colloid
colloidal
colloidal solution
colloidal suspension
colloidality
colloidally
collop
colloq.
colloque
colloquia
colloquial
colloquialism

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLLOCATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
association
citation
combination
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of collocation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «collocation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLLOCATION

Find out the translation of collocation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of collocation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «collocation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

搭配
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colocación
570 millions of speakers

English

collocation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोरचा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجميع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коллокации
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

collocation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিন্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

collocation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kolokasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anordnung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コロケーション
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배열
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Collocation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thu xếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரட்டைச் சொல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकात्मता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eşdizimlilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

collocazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolokacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колокації
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colocare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνεγκατάστασης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plasing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

samlokalisering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

samlokalisering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of collocation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLOCATION»

The term «collocation» is regularly used and occupies the 67.509 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of collocation
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLOCATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «collocation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «collocation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about collocation

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLOCATION»

Discover the use of collocation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to collocation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Collocation Methods for Volterra Integral and Related ...
An introduction for graduate students, a guide for users, and a comprehensive resource for experts.
Hermann Brunner, 2004
2
Syntax-Based Collocation Extraction
The work described in Syntax-Based Collocation Extraction focuses on using linguistic tools for corpus-based identification of collocations.
Violeta Seretan, 2011
3
English Collocation Studies: The OSTI Report
This is the first published edition of John Sinclair, Susan Jones and Robert Daley's research on collocation undertaken in 1970.
John Sinclair, Susan Jones, Robert Daley, 2004
4
Generalized Collocation Methods: Solutions to Nonlinear Problems
Nonlinear Problems in Applied Sciences This book has been proposed to o?er engineers and scientists va- ous mathematical tools, based on generalized collocation methods, to solve nonlinear problems related to partial di?erential and integro ...
N. Bellomo, 2007
5
Collocation: Applications and Implications
All aspects of the concept of collocation – the phenomenon whereby words naturally tend to occur in the company of a restricted set of other words – are covered in this book.
Geoff Barnbrook, Oliver Mason, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, 2013
6
Colouring Meaning: Collocation and Connotation in Figurative ...
Unlike many studies of creativity in language, this book-length survey addresses the matter at several levels, from the purely linguistic level of collocation, through its abstractions in colligation and semantic preference, to semantic ...
Gill Philip, 2011
7
Collocations Extra Book with CD-ROM: Multi-level Activities ...
A collection of photocopiable activities which present and practise frequent and useful collocations.
Elizabeth Walter, 2010
8
Negative Contexts: Collocation, Polarity and Multiple Negation
Ton van der Wouden's account of negative contexts emphasizes pragmatic considerations, as well as semantic and syntactic ones.
Ton van der Wouden, 2002
9
Trefftz And Collocation Methods
This title was reviewed in the January 2009 issue of Mathematical Reviews.
Z. C. Li, T. T. Lu, H. Y. Hu, 2008
10
Collocation - A linguistic view and didactic aspects
The following paper deals with collocation.
Yvonne Müller, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLOCATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term collocation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Apple Logo on Your Next iPhone May Have a New Use
... of biometric sensors, though multiple sensors would likely necessitate collocation over a wider area, like the letters of the “iPhone” indicia. «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
2
Orange Business Services Partners with Tata Communications to …
... than 240 countries and territories across 400 PoPs, as well as nearly 1 million square feet of data centre and collocation space worldwide. «Business Wire, Jul 15»
3
EE Q&A: Bringing together the entire British mobile video industry
CBR: What else do you get apart from collocation space? MS: It is actually the other networks that we get to. EE has to get to all the content ... «Computer Business Review, Jul 15»
4
Coollink Partners Rack Centre for Efficient Service Delivery
Rack Centre, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Jagal Group, is a state-of-the-art, Tier III Certified Data Center offering vendor-neutral collocation ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
5
Indonesia's Graha Teknologi to operate West Java data center in 2016
... we've prepared as much as 20,000 server racks servers, which will make us one of the biggest collocation data centers in the world,” Richard ... «DEALSTREETASIA, Jul 15»
6
Multipolar Sets 2016 Operations Target for $200m W. Java Data …
... we've prepared as much as 20,000 server racks servers, which will make us one of the biggest collocation data centers in the world,” Richard ... «Jakarta Globe, Jul 15»
7
New cell towers nearing approval
Planning Board member Nick McGee said he would like to see the tower as far away as possible from property lines and more collocation of ... «Scarborough Leader, Jul 15»
8
Apple investigating ways to embed health sensors, fingerprint …
That amount of space is more than enough to deploy a host of biometric sensors, though multiples would likely require collocation over a wide ... «Apple Insider, Jul 15»
9
Proposed cellphone towers will be nearly unnoticeable for East …
In 2012, the state legislature passed the "Wireless Broadband Collocation Act" to streamline procedures for placing or modifying wireless ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
10
Use of slogan "The Champagne of Nature" for mineral water held to …
... including specifically in the collocation 'the Champagne of', meaning 'the best of'. The court ruled, based on dictionary evidence presented ... «World Trademark Review, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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