Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun colligation

2 senses of colligation

Sense 1
junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation -- (the state of being joined together)
       => union, unification -- (the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union")

Sense 2
colligation -- (the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis)
       => association, connection, connexion -- (the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association")