словосочета́ние — meaning in English
slovosochetaniye
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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.
- phrase noun A short group of words that expresses an idea, often forming part of a sentence.
Senses
словосочета́ние 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.
- phrase (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
collocation — full definition
- 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.
- noun The act of placing things side by side, or the arrangement that results.
phrase — full definition
- noun A short group of words that expresses an idea, often forming part of a sentence.
- verb To express something using particular words.