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Thesaurus: collocation

The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

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  1. n. The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.
  2. n. a grouping of words in a sentence
  3. n. the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
  4. The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement. The choice and collocation of words. Sir W. Jones.
  5. The act of placing; the state of being placed with somethingelse; disposition in place; arrangement.The choice and collocation of words. Sir W. Jones.
  6. n:100 n. a grouping of words in a sentence