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单词 colligate
释义

Definition of colligate in English:

colligate

verb ˈkɒlɪɡeɪtˈkɑləˌɡeɪt
Linguistics
  • Be or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation.

    no object the two grammatical items are said to colligate
    with object pronouns are regularly colligated with verbal forms
    Synonyms
    place side by side, set side by side, place close to one another, set close to one another, mix

Derivatives

  • colligation

  • noun ˌkɒlɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɑləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n
    Linguistics
    • He was also interested to find out if colligations might change over time, which would have to be done using diachronic corpora.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In Barnbrook's words, colligation refers to collocation patterns that are based on syntactic groups rather than individual words.
      • He spoke of colligation as a binding together’ of facts, and chose the formulation of Kepler's Third Law to illustrate this process of integration.
      • This process consists of two sub-processes known as colligation and classification.
      • Although the work is highly crafted, and contrives to be as persuasive as possible, the jackdawish colligation of claims and perspectives never amounts to what might properly be called an argument.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the Latin sense): from Latin colligat- 'bound together', from the verb colligare, from col- 'together' + ligare 'bind'. The current sense dates from the 1960s.

 
 

Definition of colligate in US English:

colligate

verbˈkɑləˌɡeɪtˈkäləˌɡāt
Linguistics
  • Be or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation.

    no object the two grammatical items are said to colligate
    with object pronouns are regularly colligated with verbal forms
    Synonyms
    place side by side, set side by side, place close to one another, set close to one another, mix

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the Latin sense): from Latin colligat- ‘bound together’, from the verb colligare, from col- ‘together’ + ligare ‘bind’. The current sense dates from the 1960s.

 
 
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