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collocation

n.
US //kɑɫəˈkeɪʃən// col·lo·ca·tion
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Origin

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.

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