colocación — 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.
- placement noun The act of putting something in position, or the position it ends up in.
Senses
colocación 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.
- placement The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- placement A location or position.
- set phrase (grammar) An idiomatic expression in general.
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.
placement — full definition
- noun The act of putting something in position, or the position it ends up in.
- noun A temporary assignment to a workplace, often to gain experience.