Which statement about a wide collocational range is true?

• A. A It collocates with many different words across contexts
• B. B It only collocates with adjectives
• C. C It does not affect meaning
• D. D It collocates with a fixed set of nouns

Answer: (A)

A wide collocational range means a word tends to pair with many different words across contexts. This flexibility lets you express ideas with natural, varied phrasing, showing how the word can fit into different scenes and word classes. For example, a common verb like make collocates with a wide variety of nouns and phrases: make a decision, make money, make progress, make an effort, and so on. That variety illustrates a broad tendency to combine with different words, across different meanings and settings. The idea that a word only collocates with adjectives, or that it never changes meaning with different partners, or that it sticks to a fixed set of nouns, would point to a narrow or restricted range, not a wide one.