yeoneo · /jʌ.nʌ/
연어
/jʌ.nʌ/noun
habitual combination of words
연어
In linguistics, a collocation is a pair or group of words that frequently occur together and sound natural to native speakers, such as 'make a decision'.
언어학에서 자주 함께 쓰여 자연스럽게 들리는 단어 결합을 가리키며, 'make a decision'처럼 원어민이 선호하는 표현을 만듭니다.
Examples
Students learn that 'heavy rain' is a natural collocation.
Her essay improved once she mastered verb-noun collocations.
Dictionaries often list common collocations for each entry.
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