collocation
1. a grouping of words in a sentence • Hypernyms: language unit, linguistic unit 2. the act of positioning close together (or side by side) - it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors • Syn: juxtaposition, apposition • Derivationally related forms: collocate, appose (for: apposition), juxtapose (for: juxtaposition) • Hypernyms: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement • Hyponyms: tessellation
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