Noun: collocation ,kó-lu'key-shun
- The act of positioning close together (or side by side)
"it is the result of the collocation of contrasting colours";
- juxtaposition, apposition
- A grouping of words in a sentence
"The unusual collocation of adjectives in the poem created a striking effect"
Derived forms: collocations
Type of: emplacement, language unit, linguistic unit, location, placement, position, positioning
Encyclopedia: Collocation