How do you use Collocation in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like positioning or position, plus the exact meaning.
Collocation meaning
- The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.
- Such a specific grouping.
- 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.
Synonyms of Collocation
Using Collocation
- The main meaning on this page is: The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds. | Such a specific grouping. | 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.
- Useful related words include: language unit, positioning, position, locating.
Context around Collocation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Collocation
- In this selection, "collocation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, odd and service stand out and add context to how "collocation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include become a collocation for identifiably and isps and collocation service providers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "collocation" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with collocation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The same year, he also finalised the adoption of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and Collocation Service Providers (CSP) KPIs and their monitoring has fully commenced. (25 words)
Amanda Gilroy argues that the poem is informed by Blake's "evident pleasure" in the Felpham countryside. citation The phrase "green and pleasant land" has become a collocation for identifiably English landscape or society. (34 words)
This is supported by the fact that split infinitives are often used as echoes, as in the following exchange, in which the riposte parodies the slightly odd collocation in the original sentence: :Child: I accidentally forgot to feed the hamster. (40 words)
This is supported by the fact that split infinitives are often used as echoes, as in the following exchange, in which the riposte parodies the slightly odd collocation in the original sentence: :Child: I accidentally forgot to feed the hamster. (40 words)
Amanda Gilroy argues that the poem is informed by Blake's "evident pleasure" in the Felpham countryside. citation The phrase "green and pleasant land" has become a collocation for identifiably English landscape or society. (34 words)
The same year, he also finalised the adoption of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and Collocation Service Providers (CSP) KPIs and their monitoring has fully commenced. (25 words)
Example sentences (3)
The same year, he also finalised the adoption of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and Collocation Service Providers (CSP) KPIs and their monitoring has fully commenced.
Amanda Gilroy argues that the poem is informed by Blake's "evident pleasure" in the Felpham countryside. citation The phrase "green and pleasant land" has become a collocation for identifiably English landscape or society.
This is supported by the fact that split infinitives are often used as echoes, as in the following exchange, in which the riposte parodies the slightly odd collocation in the original sentence: :Child: I accidentally forgot to feed the hamster.