colligation
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A binding together.
- (countable, uncountable) The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts.
- (countable, uncountable) The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.
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Etymology
From Latin colligātiō. By surface analysis, colligate + -ion.
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