To collocate means ‘to set’ or ‘place together’. In English, the term collocation is frequently used in the context of Grammar and Vocabulary. Collocation is made up of two or more words that are commonly used in English. They are combinations of meaningful words which systematically occur together.
| TYPES OF COLLOCATION |
Adjective+Noun
| Heavy snow | Strong smell | Poor man |
| Rich culture | Small box | Big fight |
| Kind lady | White paper | Deep valley |
| Blue sky | Hard rock | Noble soul |
| Handsome salary | Scorching sun | Legal profession |
| Home-made remedies | Grand success | Piggy bank |
| Hearty congratulation | Monetary affairs | Fiscal year |
| Lame excuse | Emotional fool | Honourable guest |
| Inaugural function | Silent mode | Sleepless night |
| Thoughtful action | Mental asylum | Continental food |
| Happy birthday | Pains-taking efforts | Pitiable condition |
| French leave | Accidental policy | Premature baby |
| Untimely death | Heavenly abode | Unique creation |
| Faulty cause | Anecdotal fallacy | Flowering tree |
| Sarcastic remark | Cloudy weather | Meagre income |
| Tall tale | Silly mistake | Unconditional love |
| Busy bee | Irreparable loss | Contagious disease |
Adverb+Adjective
| Completely different | Fully aware | Seriously ill |
| Really good | Highly risky | Utterly stupid |
| Utterly delicious | Deeply pained | Very true |
| Partially agreed | Highly grateful | Specifically mentioned |
| Considerably tolerable | Absolutely right | Fully grown |
| Really powerful | Beautifully sung | Absolutely wrong |
| Overly populous | Highly destructive | Extremely beautiful |
| Excessively fat | Really happy | Recently updated |
| Highly successful | Extremely strong | Readily available |
| Bitterly cold | Finely chopped | Deeply felt |
| Excessively fat | Quite good | Perfectly normal |
Noun+Noun
| Home appliances | Care-taker | Hair-dresser |
| Household chores | House-holder | Shop-keeper |
| Table manners | Plan execution | Team-work |
| Internet protocol | Staff meeting | Leadership skills |
| Home delivery | Bath soap | Home-maker |
| Event management | Horror show | Stress-buster |
| Business administration | Computer engineer | Fire-cracker |
| Office staff | Assistant professor | Hotel management |
| Lunch time | Research paper | Career guidance |
| Mixer-grinder | Bride-groom | Market-place |
| Good advice | Hollywood star | Account section |
| Beauty cream | Semester examination | Communication gap |
| Kitchen worktop | Invitation card | Gas burner |
| Format painter | Computer accessory | Mobile data |
| Memory card | Disk brake | Dream car |
| Tour plan | Time table | World trade |
Noun+Verb
| Sight-seeing | Day-break | Sunrise |
| Night-fall | Price hike | Back-biting |
| Rope-skipping | Skin care | Mind-blowing |
| Rainfall | Man-slaughter | Bee sting |
| Dog walking | Sunset | Pen drive |
| Back-stabbing | Sumo fighting | Mind- boggling |
| Lip-reading | Cricket playing | Brain storming |
| sleepwalk | Nail polish | Mouth watering |
| Life guard | Leg pulling | Mind reading |
| School going | Chest beating | Eye contact |
| Bike riding | Eye catching | House keeping |
| Dog barking | House warming | Sky diving |
| Life saving | Car pulling | Lion’s roar |
| Snow fall | Man made | Car cleaning |
Verb+Noun
| Making a mistake | Planting tree | Breaking news |
| Take an examination | Nip in the bud | Telling stories |
| Writing a letter | Prepare meal | Reciting poems |
| Sell products | Send a message | Having emotions |
| Raise voice | Complete an assignment | Telling lies |
| Asking questions | Submit a form | Praying to God |
| Run a risk | Uploading resume | Admitting guilt |
| Zip a lip | Taking charge | Giving advice |
| Share feelings | Wasting time | Making fool |
| Giving consent | Making payment | Making fun |
| Doing meditation | Setting sun | Wailing woman |
| Feeling emptiness | Crying baby | Healing pain |
| Waving hands | Sleeping beauty | Swimming pool |
| Waning moon | Drawing picture | Waiting room |
| Waxing moon | Painting a house | Rising sun |
| Giving permission | Writing essay | Follow the rules |
| Sending mail | Taking care | Shut the mouth |
Verb+Adverb
| Suited perfectly | Drive slowly | Speak fluently |
| Ran confidently | Rub gently | Completed successfully |
| Rinse thoroughly | Greet warmly | Look sadly |
| Get up early | Rain heavily | Enter abruptly |
| See clearly | Thank profusely | Doing well |
| Feel deeply | Affect badly | Love truly |
| Going secretly | Play excellently | Sleep peacefully |
| Decide hastily | Meet accidentally | Suffer meekly |
| Repent leisurely | Wait patiently | Remark wittily |
| Say loudly | Kill mercilessly | Sing sweetly |
| Fight bravely | Speak confidently | Finish quickly |
| Accept readily | Read carefully | Try again |
| Submitted successfully | Go on ceaselessly | Beat ruthlessly |
| Sneezing constantly | Give generously | Say jokingly |
| Drive rashly | Behave strangely | Sit properly |
Adverb+Verb
| Nicely driven | Perfectly maintained | Simply writing |
| Humbly requesting | Confidently Speaking | Seriously treated |
| Just married | Roughly drafted | Intentionally done |
| Carefully done | Highly rated | Untimely died |
| Newly constructed | Well said | Prematurely born |
| Continuously raining | Visually impaired | Speedily driven |
| Softly spoken | Physically challenged | Accidentally happened |
| Badly abused | Hastily decided | Forcefully entered |
| Mercilessly killed | Gently touched | Arrogantly spoken |
| Lovingly forgiven | Heavily loaded | Well done |
| Crookedly planned | Seriously affected | Rigorously performed |
| Rapidly read | Effectively carried | Intensely expressed |
| Briefly written | Aggressively proposed | Appropriately said |
| Quickly absorbed | Fully furnished | Wholly fabricated |
| Much-awaited | Mentally retarded | Thoroughly examined |
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