noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkɒl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
General-American:/ˌkɑl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:K AA0 L AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Such a specific grouping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation L[y]=0 by determining coefficients in an expansion y(x)=y_0(x)+∑l=0^qαly_l(x) so as to make L[y] vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A service allowing multiple customers to locate network, server, and storage gear and connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers, at a minimum of cost and complexity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: language unit, linguistic unit
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin collocātiō (“a putting together”). By surface analysis, col- (“together”) + location. The technical sense in linguistics was established in 1951, although it may actually be earlier. First attested in 1605.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
German:
Zusammenstellung
— grouping or juxtaposition
Hindi:
संस्थिति
(sansthiti)
— grouping or juxtaposition
Armenian:
բառակապակցություն
(baṙakapakcʻutʻyun)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Catalan:
col·locació
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Chinese Mandarin:
搭配詞 /搭配词
(dāpèicí)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Czech:
kolokace
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Dutch:
collocatie
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Finnish:
kollokaatio
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
French:
collocation
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Georgian:
შესიტყვება
(šesiṭq̇veba)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Georgian:
კოლოკაცია
(ḳoloḳacia)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
German:
Kollokation
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
German:
Wortverbindung
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Hindi:
सहसंबंध
(sahsambandh)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Hindi:
अन्वित विन्यास
(anvit vinyās)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Hindi:
संगत संबंध
(saṅgat sambandh)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Hungarian:
kollokáció
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Hungarian:
állandósult szókapcsolat
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Italian:
collocazione
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Japanese:
連語
(rengo)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Maltese:
kollokazzjoni
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Māori:
kupu piritahi
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Norwegian:
kollokasjon
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Polish:
kolokacja
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Portuguese:
colocação
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Romanian:
colocație
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Russian:
словосочета́ние
(slovosočetánije)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Spanish:
colocación
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Spanish:
coaparición
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Spanish:
coubicación
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Ukrainian:
словосполу́чення
(slovospolúčennja)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Ukrainian:
колока́ція
(kolokácija)
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
Welsh:
cydleoliad
— (linguistics) combination of words occurring more frequently than by chance
French:
collocation
— method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary mathematical differential equation
