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collocatie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • collocation noun A pair or group of words that habitually occur together and sound natural to native speakers, such as heavy rain or make a decision.

Senses

collocatie is used for these senses in English:

  • collocation (linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.

collocation — full definition

  1. noun A pair or group of words that habitually occur together and sound natural to native speakers, such as heavy rain or make a decision.
  2. noun The act of placing things side by side, or the arrangement that results.