adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
approach
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This alternative design may be based on management needs, a sort of top-down approach .
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In a less restrictive system such a top-down approach would not be feasible.
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There are two main ways of forecasting earnings: the bottom-up approach and the top-down approach.
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In the top-down approach , the effects of the wider macroeconomy on the firm's earnings are taken into account.
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Dictionary look-up techniques represent the top-down approach , and involve verifying the input word by matching it with a dictionary word.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Consider the extent to which the approach can be said to be atomistic or holistic, bottom-up or top-down .
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It is not only top-down planning that has gone; much of the faith in a strong central state has disappeared.
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So far this has been the approach we have made to our top-down dreaming.
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Such models receive information from both top-down and bottom-up sources, and feedback exists between all levels.
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This alternative design may be based on management needs, a sort of top-down approach.