The term collocation from the Latin for place together was first used in its linguistic sense by British linguist John Rupert Firth 1890-1960 who famously observed You shall know a word by the company it keeps.

Example of collocation in grammar. Ive got to get into town. The examples he structures. However if you do not use a strong collocation it will sound funny to native speakers.

Strong smell strong sense strong denial. All these examples are of different types of collocations. Here is the list of useful collocations with TAKE in English with example sentences.

A collocation pronunciation. KOL-oh-KAY-shun is a familiar grouping of words especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association. Learn a list of combinations between Adjective Preposition.

Below you can see seven main types of collocation in sample sentences. Do you want to take a bite into this Apple. The above example is an example of a strong collocation.

Sylvia Chalker and Edmund Weiner Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar. A native English speaker would never say big rain. Many collocations can be formed when you add adjectives with noun and adverbs.

You get wet in the rain. Its possible that people might understand you if you dont use a strong collocation. Heavy rain heavy sleeper a heavy drinker heavy snow heavy traffic.