Relating to or characteristic of collocation; tending to occur together with other words.
From 'collocate' + -ive suffix, meaning 'tending to' or 'relating to.' A linguistic adjective formed in English.
The word 'brood' has collocative meanings—when paired with 'dark' or 'deep' it means 'to think moodily,' but with 'hen' it literally means 'eggs being incubated.'
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