colocation

ˌkəʊləʊˈkeɪʃən

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Definition of colocation - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

data centers

TECH.

housing multiple entities in a single location

TECH.

The company uses colocation for its servers.

linguistics

TECH.

habitual combination of words in a language

TECH.

The colocation of 'make' and 'decision' is common.

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Origin of colocation

Latin, co (together) + locare (to place)

Examples of colocation in a sentence

Many startups prefer colocation for flexibility.
The colocation of 'strong' and 'coffee' is interesting.
Linguists study the colocation of words in sentences.

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French:colocation, collocation, ...
German:Colocation, Wortverbindung, ...
Italian:colocation, combinazione di parole, ...
Spanish:colocación, combinación de palabras, ...
Portuguese:colocation, colocação, ...
Chinese:共址, 搭配, ...
Japanese:共同設置, ...
Arabic:اِسْتِضَافَة مُشْتَرَكَة, تَرَاكُب, ...
Hebrew:מִקּוּם מְשֻׁתָּף, קוֹלוֹקַצְיָה, ...
Russian:колокация, коллокация, ...
Ukrainian:колокація, словосполучення, ...
Hindi:कोलोकेशन, सहस्थिति, ...
Bengali:সহাবস্থান, কোলোকেশন, ...
Catalan:col.locació, combinació de paraules, ...
Czech:kolokace, slovní spojení, ...
Danish:kolokation, kollokation, ...
Dutch:colocatie, collocatie, ...
Greek:συγκατοίκηση, συμπλοκή, ...
Hungarian:kolokáció, kollokáció, ...
Khmer:ការដាក់បង្ហោះឧបករណ៍របស់អង្គភាពច្រើននៅទីតាំងតែមួយ, សហវត្តមានពាក្យ, ...
Korean:코로케이션, 연어, ...
Persian:هم‌مکانی, هم‌نشینی, ...
Polish:kolokacja, ...
Portuguese (BR):co-localização, colocação, ...
Romanian:colocare, colocație, ...
Swedish:kolokation, kollokation, ...
Thai:การจัดให้มีหลายหน่วยงาน, การรวมคำ, ...
Turkish:ortak yerleşim, birleşim, ...
Vietnamese:đồng đặt, sự kết hợp từ, ...

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