Associations to the word «Collocation»

COLLOCATION, noun. (uncountable) The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.

COLLOCATION, noun. (countable) Such a specific grouping.

COLLOCATION, noun. (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).

COLLOCATION, noun. (mathematics) A method of determining coefficients in an expansion \(y(x) = y_{0}(x) + \sum_{l=0}^{q}\alpha_{l} y_{l}(x)\) so as to nullify the values of an ordinary differential equation \(L[y(x)]=0\) at prescribed points.

COLLOCATION, noun. (computing) A service allowing multiple customers to locate network, server, and storage gear, connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers, with a minimum of cost and complexity.

COLLOCATION, noun. A grouping of words in a sentence.

COLLOCATION, noun. The act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors".