collocation

[ kol-uh-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌkɒl əˈkeɪ ʃən /

the act of collocating.

the state or manner of being collocated.

the arrangement, especially of words in a sentence.

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

col·lo·ca·tion·al, col·lo·ca·tive, adjective

That collocation of languages gives the order in which the hymnody of the Church developed.

Hymns of the Early Church |John Brownlie
There was a fine shade of flattery in the collocation that touched the lawyer.

Luttrell Of Arran |Charles James Lever
The collocation of the clauses implies that all these were presents from the king.

Ancient Egypt |George Rawlinson
In classical Latin, such a collocation of consonants does not lengthen the preceding short syllable, but is simply inadmissible.

Essays |Arthur Christopher Benson

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

The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 |Alexander Maclaren

collocation

/ (ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən) /

a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence