📝 Word combination 🧩 Placing together

collocation

7.3

Putting things next to each other to compare them

noun
/ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən/

: juxtaposition

In linguistics, a collocation refers to a natural combination of words, such as 'strong coffee' or 'make a decision.'

Examples

The company figures the way it's designed makes GoGrid more like the dedicated servers or collocation experience that most IT folk are comfortable with than Amazon with its API-only interface and modified Amazon Machine Images.

Blog text (13)
So we typically have N boundary conditions and then we have in collocation we have however many capital M time points we chose, right?
This move constitutes a new wave because of the odd collocation of sphincter asshole/dingo-heap.

Academic text (1990)
Understanding word collocation can greatly improve your writing skills and make your language sound more natural.
When learning a new language, pay attention to collocations that native speakers often use together.

Synonyms

juxtaposition

vscollocation

25 9.1

Putting two things side by side to compare or contrast them

has identical meaning but exists as a different lexical form

apposition

vscollocation

8.8

The act of placing things side by side to compare or show differences

has identical sense but differs only as a separate lexical form

How Intentional

juxtaposition

25 9.1

collocation

7.3

placement

62 3.5

misplacement

1 4.3

Surface Forms

collocation singular

collocations plural

Morphology

collocation = collocate (transparent) = col + locat + ion

Regular nominalization of 'collocate' meaning 'the act of placing together'; the physical-placement sense is a direct formation.

Etymology

Collocation comes from the parts com- 'together' and loc- 'place', so it can mean putting things side by side. That's why people speak of the collocation of colors or objects when they want to compare them or show their differences.