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Word combinations are linguistic units formed by the co-occurrence of two or more words that are connected through grammatical, semantic, or conventional relationships within a language system. In lexicography and language studies, the concept refers to combinations of lexical items whose association may be determined by syntactic structure, semantic compatibility, or established patterns of usage ^[1]. Word combinations differ from random sequences of words because their formation is constrained by linguistic rules or recurrent patterns recognized by speakers of a language ^[2]. They may range from freely generated combinations, where individual words retain relatively independent meanings, to more fixed expressions, where the combination functions as a conventionalized lexical unit with a more predictable interpretation ^[3]. Within lexical studies, word combinations are analyzed as relationships between individual lexical items and their combinatory behavior, including collocational, phraseological, and syntactic properties that characterize how words are selected and combined in meaningful expressions.