OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31083

collocation

/ˌkɒl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
coaparición • colocación • coubicación
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.
Little and few are also incomplete negatives; note the frequent collocation with no: there is little or no danger.
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