collocation

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

col·lo·ca·tion [collocation collocations] BrE [ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃn] NAmE [ˌkɑːləˈkeɪʃn] noun (linguistics)
1. countable a combination of words in a language, that happens very often and more frequently than would happen by chance
•‘Resounding success’ and ‘crying shame’ are English collocations.
2. uncountable the fact of two or more words often being used together, in a way that happens more frequently than would happen by chance
•Advanced students need to be aware of the importance of collocation.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin collocatio(n-), from collocare ‘place together’, from col- ‘together’ locare ‘to place’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  juxtaposition, apposition