Get to know Collocations better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning.
Collocations meaning
plural of collocation
Using Collocations
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of collocation
Context around Collocations
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Collocations
- In this selection, "collocations" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, typical and usually stand out and add context to how "collocations" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and other collocations are also and contradiction typical collocations usually prevail. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "collocations" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with collocations
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When the rules outlined above are in contradiction, typical collocations usually prevail. (12 words)
In some analyses, compound words and certain classes of idiomatic expressions and other collocations are also considered to be part of the lexicon. (23 words)
Other cases where the "smallest meaningful unit" is larger than a word include some collocations such as "in view of" and "business intelligence" where the words together have a specific meaning. (31 words)
Other cases where the "smallest meaningful unit" is larger than a word include some collocations such as "in view of" and "business intelligence" where the words together have a specific meaning. (31 words)
In some analyses, compound words and certain classes of idiomatic expressions and other collocations are also considered to be part of the lexicon. (23 words)
When the rules outlined above are in contradiction, typical collocations usually prevail. (12 words)
Example sentences (3)
In some analyses, compound words and certain classes of idiomatic expressions and other collocations are also considered to be part of the lexicon.
Other cases where the "smallest meaningful unit" is larger than a word include some collocations such as "in view of" and "business intelligence" where the words together have a specific meaning.
When the rules outlined above are in contradiction, typical collocations usually prevail.