noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
new variant CJD
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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Configuration Control Configuration problems often arise from the need to issue software in several different variants .
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E.g.: A specific phoneme may have several different variants depending on the phonetic environment in which it occurs.
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So the different variants of D2 are inherited.
new
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Experts say that new variants of the love bug could appear in the next few weeks.
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They represent the newest variant in popular Catholic folk religion.
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All new variants are at first rare and most disappear, purely by accident, before selection notices them.
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Casting an aura of health around the reduced sugar sector has been key in the creation of new brands and variants .
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The Collar-Jahn method, along with several new variants , is presented.
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For the animal-watcher the fascination is in finding new variants of these themes.
other
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So did the idea of perfect circles or spheres though Ptolemy added other variants .
■ VERB
use
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However, each social group in Bradford uses the zero variant more than the corresponding group in Norwich.
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Mackenzie's technique uses a variant of Michael Barnsley's iterated function system, called a fractal interpolation function.
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They use a variant of it, a sort of teeth-gnashing, when they see a bird through a window.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The English and Americans often spell words differently, but both variants are acceptable.
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The name Lloyd and its variant Floyd are Celtic in origin.
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There is evidence that a new variant of the disease has recently been found in Britain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A study of these emendations reveals countless examples of the replacement of one stylistic variant by another.
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In Chapter 6 the variant known as the arbitrage pricing model will be presented.
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The exercises and role play make useful and interesting variants on the usual task-based instruction.
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The pattern displayed here incorporates variation, but notice that the distribution of variants is rule-governed.
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There are two variants of this.