adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a virtual stranger (= someone you hardly know )
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I hadn't seen him for so long that he seemed like a virtual stranger.
virtual extinction (= being very nearly extinct )
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The deer has been hunted to virtual extinction.
virtual memory
virtual office
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Does the virtual office equal freedom or isolation?
virtual reality
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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They would be bound to see such a use as virtual expropriation, without compensation.
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He had ramps built for public appearances and used his sons as virtual crutches.
■ NOUN
absence
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In fairness to its selectors one must stress the virtual absence of any important body of writing expressing an alternative Left viewpoint.
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The problem lies in the virtual absence of water in the Martian atmosphere.
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In the headwaters of most rivers there are large tracts of agricultural land and a virtual absence of industrial discharges.
certainty
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It can already be said with virtual certainty that lamb will never be as cheap again.
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Raymond Burns and the vastly experienced Garth McGimpsey must be considered virtual certainties .
disappearance
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This problem was to plague the new party until its virtual disappearance from the scene after the 1987 general election.
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The virtual disappearance of the moon glow then lights up the stars in the darkened sky.
environment
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Then, he sets his virtual environment to run just a little faster than that comfort level.
memory
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A micro-kernel uses inter-process communication and virtual memory and is able to split operating system functions across CPUs or distributed systems.
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More memory will make a huge difference in performance since the Mac has a fairly dismal form of virtual memory.
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It also comes with a programmers interface that enables users to customise virtual memory features.
monopoly
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Microsoft, which has had a virtual monopoly , has managed 53 % a year.
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Fan has said Citic supports challenging the virtual monopolies enjoyed by Cathay and Telecom.
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It acquired and developed the original photocopier technology and in its heyday it had a virtual monopoly and made huge profits.
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He thought they could be beaten-that their virtual monopoly of the running shoe market could be overthrown.
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In many cases a virtual monopoly service has been involved and the direct target has been the public.
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Since the boycott of eastern goods was not totally effective, it enabled Gentile merchants to establish a virtual monopoly in commerce.
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The state's former virtual monopoly of enterprises was reduced with the expansion of the private sector.
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The final task is to reconsider the virtual monopoly of the final examination as the instrument of selection.
office
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What will the symbols of success be in the virtual office ?
particle
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The virtual particle can interact with the magnetic field and affect the moment of the muon.
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Again, the photons that are exchanged are virtual particles .
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The suggestion is that the whole of the Universe is filled with virtual particles .
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Experiments have shown that these virtual particles are indeed present, although we can not detect them directly.
prisoner
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He chose to do nothing, and for a time remained in a distant castle as a virtual prisoner of conscience.
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Without knowing it, we can be virtual prisoners of all this judging.
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The young James found himself a virtual prisoner of the Red Douglases in Edinburgh castle.
reality
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It's like virtual reality I suppose.
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But these Escondido students have elevated the missions to near virtual reality status.
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Adrift in a sea of virtual reality ?
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The whole operation had been compressed into the virtual reality of Macintosh.
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Such virtual reality systems are already in existence today and foreshadow far more powerful developments likely within a few years.
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For some, the new Times Square is itself an exercise in virtual reality come to life.
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The technology of virtual reality uses a computer to map a user's body and senses directly into a digital world.
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It goes to show you the gap between reality and virtual reality in military thinking.
silence
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They drove back to Newmarket in virtual silence .
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At first he listened to the tongue-lashing in virtual silence .
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On reaching the city centre the generator goes off and the bus runs on in virtual silence .
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How to explain the shift from virtual silence to obsession?
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We drive to the cottage in virtual silence , our minds working overtime.
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It meant some women sat in virtual silence , unable to speak, even in the relative security of women's groups.
standstill
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From a virtual standstill he jumped over.
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And bringing an already faltering economy to its knees, transport workers brought the country to a virtual standstill in December.
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The economy comes to a virtual standstill as the population is forced to turn to print and writing for communication purposes.
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Sinn Fein is excluded from peace talks that are now at a virtual standstill .
stranger
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She'd never been away from home before and her new husband and in-laws were virtual strangers .
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He was a virtual stranger to others living in Evesham Court and police still haven't confirmed his identity.
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How dared this man, a virtual stranger , stir up these doubts in so private an area of her life?
world
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It will become a virtual world that we inhabit as an observer or a participant.
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Want to explore some virtual worlds of your own?
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Superscape supports networked virtual worlds created with its networks option.
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A 3-D card is the crucial component in making a virtual world and its inhabitants look and function as its makers intended.
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This also models sound reflections off or through the other objects in the virtual world .
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If a team could bring a manager into its virtual world , the review process would shorten dramatically.
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Step two pulled the trappings of the outside reality into this virtual world .
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The tablet become a page become a screen become a world , a virtual world.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Children were forced to work as virtual slaves in the factories.
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The two countries are locked in a virtual state of war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Others see even more practical applications for these virtual places.
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She retains virtual control of her sons, the eldest of whom firmly remains second in line to the throne.
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The days of virtual 3-D chess are some way off yet.
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Without knowing it, we can be virtual prisoners of all this judging.
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You can make your choice of virtual lavatory wall on which to scribble a message.