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Collocative meaning consists of the associations a word acquires on account of the meanings of words which tend to occur in its environment.In other words, it is that part of the word-meaning suggested by the words that go before or come after a word in question.

Collocation belongs to linguistics.It’s an indispensable part of semantics. They are closely linked.On the one hand,semantics decides collocation;on the other hand,collocation also decides semantics.Collocative meaning is the meaning of a word produced in the specific context.
As a result of conventionality of collocation,a word will produce different meanings when collocates with different words.
heavy smoker (a person who smokes a lot);
heavy news (a piece of sad news);
heavy schedule (a very tight schedule).
fast color (the color that does not fade)
fast friend (a reliable friend),
fast woman (a lady of easy virtue)
or as the Chinese word “臭”is translated into differently when match with......

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