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Understanding English Collocations

Collocation refers to words that are commonly used together to convey a specific meaning. For example, "heavy rain" is a collocation because it implies more rain than saying "big rain" or "strong rain." Collocations occur in verb combinations like "take a break" or "take a bath," adjective combinations like "deep feeling" or "heavy traffic," and noun combinations like "tea leaf" or "paper flutters." Collocations are important in business contexts where they combine with keywords to form business expressions such as "security blanket," "cash flow," and "go bankrupt."

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Understanding English Collocations

Collocation refers to words that are commonly used together to convey a specific meaning. For example, "heavy rain" is a collocation because it implies more rain than saying "big rain" or "strong rain." Collocations occur in verb combinations like "take a break" or "take a bath," adjective combinations like "deep feeling" or "heavy traffic," and noun combinations like "tea leaf" or "paper flutters." Collocations are important in business contexts where they combine with keywords to form business expressions such as "security blanket," "cash flow," and "go bankrupt."

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A familiar grouping of words which appears together because of

their habitual use and thus creating the same meaning is called
collocation. Suppose, when we say heavy rain instead of big or
strong rain, it conveys the meaning that it is raining heavily.

Although in the above example strong rain or the big rain conveys
the same meaning. In fact, both of them are also grammatically
correct. But, the use of big rain or strong rain will sound strange.
Thus, we use heavy rain to sound natural and a lot better English.

Types of Collocations

1. Verb Collocations
The collocations which are used extensively tend to involve verb +
noun formation in the day to day situations.

Ex:

Take a break
Take a bath
Take a bribe

2. Adjective Collocations
Many collocations can be formed when you add adjectives with
noun and adverbs.

● Deep: Deep feeling, deep pockets, deep sleep, deep trouble.


● Heavy: Heavy rain, heavy sleeper, a heavy drinker, heavy
snow, heavy traffic.
● Strong: Strong smell, strong sense, strong denial.

3.Noun Collocations

In this type of collocations, you can use a verb as well as a noun to


form the group of words.

Ex:Service industry, tea leaf, dogs bark, water flows, paper flutters,
blurred vision, critical analysis.

4. Business Collocations

Mostly, the use of collocations is critical in various types of


businesses and work situations. They can be combined with
keywords and a business expression can be formed.

Ex:

Security blanket

Cash flow

GO bankrup

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