I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rough/crude approximation (= one that is not very exact )
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Could you give us a rough approximation of the cost?
crude oil (= oil in its natural state )
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the price of crude oil
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Not that Luke Hunter would ever descend to anything as crude as rape.
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The machines are still unable to plan; their routines for evaluating moves are as crude as ever.
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She thought the zest of her replies probably struck him as crude .
rather
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On the whole, therefore, a rather crude kind of draughtsmanship is implied.
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One rather crude way of looking at this is as follows.
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Even at best this is a rather crude approximation.
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There are numerous hidden snags to this rather crude formula, but the basic idea is sound.
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A drawback of these studies is that the variable defining parental education is rather crude .
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My example also incorporates another method of concealment, a rather cruder one.
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Not all lace was quite so decorative; that provided by Dottridge Brothers in 1922 was really rather crude .
relatively
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Others, however, suggested that it was already capable of manufacturing a small and relatively crude nuclear weapon.
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Where relatively crude barbarians had once been ruled by a highly civilized people, the tables were now turned.
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It is a relatively crude way of allocating such expenditure. 10.
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At the dawn of the industrial revolution, birth control technology was still relatively crude .
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As we have seen, the first replicators probably were relatively crude , low-fidelity contraptions in comparison.
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This suggests that it is sensible to explore aspects of subjective risk in the controlled environment of even this relatively crude simulator.
so
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As earthbound concrete replaced shimmering glass, so crude functionalism was to supplant soaring aspiration.
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He'd been stupid enough not to expect anything so crude , or so relentless.
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It seemed so unlike him. So crude .
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Oh, they won't go for anything so crude as physical torture.
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But most of the philosophers who have written about and explored the nature of being have not been so crude .
too
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Even on the issue of biblical interpretation, the concept of a total separation would be too crude .
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For some purposes, this is too crude .
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However, such a basic comparison is too crude to be meaningful.
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They were also too crude to cope with the complexity of contemporary life in Britain.
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Almost a brunch coat but that's too crude a description.
very
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But there is something very crude and simple about death itself.
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Yet that is a very crude test of function.
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Unfortunately the results of some very crude cold-blown bottle tests were disastrous.
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This method is very crude and subjective.
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They'd done it in Gaelic to cover up the vulgarity. Very crude people.
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Life is very crude , and bonnie Princes Street a dream, but we soldier on with a good grace.
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Their stone points are very crude and we can cut their nets easily.
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The system for communicating with the computer seems very crude by today's standards.
■ NOUN
approximation
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Although it is sometimes simulated by looking through a peephole, this gives only a crude approximation of the condition.
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Even at best this is a rather crude approximation .
form
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In a crude form it was also useful in the treatment of sewage.
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It was as if the men, unwittingly, had stumbled upon a crude form of worker control.
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Hahnemann found that many substances which were inactive in the crude form became active therapeutic agents when treated in this way.
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But in pressing Dicey's theory into the service of a tradition his thought was transposed into a crude form .
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The appeals procedure was streamlined, court practice was refined, and the crudest forms of punishment were abolished.
measure
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Yet the Basle requirements were at best a crude measure of credit exposure-albeit one that is easy to apply.
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Nor were differences found when crude measures of social functioning was examined.
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Looking at the time lag between the filing of a claim and final disposition is in any event a crude measure .
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Simple percapita assessments, such as the number of schoolchildren, give a very crude measure of need.
oil
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In 1982 crude oil accounted for more than half the total cost of imports.
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The port closings halted crude oil exports from state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos during the weekend and on Monday.
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Both sets of figures have been driven by the price of crude oil .
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Projected demand for crude oil 5.
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Industrial factories, he said, also discharge toxic waste and crude oil into the sea.
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Average crude oil prices were $ 16. 67 per barrel, up $ 1. 56 from a year ago.
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February crude oil rose 66 cents to $ 19. 18 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Oil companies fell in response to weaker crude oil and natural gas prices.
price
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It was the rise in world crude prices which brought energy conservation seriously into view.
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Oils continued their rise in the wake of the firm crude price .
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Concern about slowing demand for petrol and a recent fall in crude prices has pushed Opec towards tough action on supply.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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crude rubber
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a crude homemade bomb
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a crude map of the area
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Babbage's great calculating machine was a crude form of computer.
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Rudy was loud-mouthed and crude .
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She was worried that her husband's crude remarks might have upset some of the guests.
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The comedian wasn't funny at all; he was just crude and offensive.
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The earliest skis were crude , consisting of short boards covered in fur skins.
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The men started gathering wood to construct a crude shelter.
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The number of help-wanted advertisements can be used as a crude measure of the strength of the job market.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As earthbound concrete replaced shimmering glass, so crude functionalism was to supplant soaring aspiration.
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But this is a crude indicator, at best, for how business behaves.
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Diesel comes from crude oil, and it is less refined than gasoline.
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Ice is a mineral; crude oil is not.
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It is apparently done in quite a crude fashion, using a look-up table.
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Millions of gallons of crude oil spilled into the sea, causing widespread shore damage as well.
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Pools of crude oil stretch in every direction.
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The interiors of these stores had crude floors, bare ceilings, glaring lights, gaudy signs, and merchandise piled everywhere.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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About 700,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into Galveston Bay.