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Collocations Dictionary | 6000 Useful Collocations | Example Sentences of Collocations | Collocation exercises

A collocation is a combination of words that are often used together and sound natural together
J.R. Firth, a British linguist first used the term "collocation" in its linguistic sense. These combinations are natural and sound "right" to native English speakers. In contrast, other combinations may be unnatural and sound "wrong".

You should say "light rainfall" and not "skinny rainfall"
You should say "take a printout" and not "perform a printout"
You should say "dog barks” and not “dog yells”
You should say "don’t commit a crime” and not “don’t do a crime”
You should say "sweet memory” and not “syrupy memory”
You should say "strong criticism and not “muscular criticism”

Types of Collocations

Some verbs often have particular adverbs, nouns or prepositions which regularly collocate with them. Likewise, some...