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a dictionary definition
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Clear dictionary definitions are what students look for.
high definition/HD television
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high definition television channels
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broad
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History has much to contribute to vocational education in both its narrower and broader definitions .
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A broader definition of the executive includes not only the chief executive,-but also the entire administrative system.
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Other sources, using broader definitions , produce far higher figures.
clear
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There is no clear single definition of this difference and authors do not use the distinction consistently.
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Be sure that everyone working on the project has a clear definition of their responsibilities 6.
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There is an evident need for a clearer definition of the destination and some significant intermediate stations.
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Objectives of Stability Testing Fundamental to the proper design of a test is clear definition of the objectives of the test.
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The project aims to provide a clear definition of the concept of civil rights.
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This is clear from the definition in section 61.
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I still can't get a clear definition on the true meaning of it all.
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The clear definition of objectives is also impeded by the fragmentation of political authority that was discussed in chapter 3.
different
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Here are three different root definitions of a hospital system.
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She had a different definition of success.
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This confusion between providers is compounded by the different definitions used by departments and agencies to identify their clients.
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The different definitions open up the possibility of divergent interpretations.
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Note the different definitions and the different boundaries for this one subject area.
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There are many references on the topic in the educational measurement literature, and some 57 different definitions have been identified.
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Comparison among studies is hampered by use of different definition criteria, selection criteria, or population base.
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Evidently, different dictionaries can provide quite different definitions for the same word.
high
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It is towards high definition programs that take a long time to write.
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Then comes the crystal-clear picture of high-definition television.
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Nevertheless the Finale is given high definition characterisation, through scrupulously worked articulation, and a fine rhythmic sense.
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In some cases, cameras which produce high definition close-up pictures are linked to video recorders or to screens in police stations.
legal
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It is a touchstone for legal definitions and rulings.
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Classical criminology did not assume that existing legal definitions of crime and the way they are enforced necessarily constitute this objective category.
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The legal definition of crime adopted here should be seen only as a starting point.
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Existing charities would wonder whether they still fell within the legal definition .
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A second advantage of the legal definition is that it reflects a political reality.
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The legal definition of truancy incorporates no distinction between its different forms.
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Even when this definition differs from widely-accepted popular definitions, those who transgress the legal definition may well be punished.
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The administration of law and order may enforce another definition of crime which is different from the legal definition.
narrow
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History has much to contribute to vocational education in both its narrower and broader definitions .
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Mr Alger, using perhaps a narrower definition of technology, put the peak exposure at 55 % of assets.
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This is the narrowest definition of money.
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In terms of its narrow definition in the Maastricht Treaty, convergence has been surprisingly successful.
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This was an older narrow definition , in fact the only one until a few years ago.
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Secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association from 1893 to 1901, he tried unsuccessfully to widen its narrow definition of an amateur.
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First, it is possible that a too narrow definition of comparative costs would be used.
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Even using the narrow definition it is clear that desk top publishing is a complex and technical area!
new
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Would the new statutory definition be taken as a fresh start?
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You have a job more important than any Oscar performance: tricking men into accepting new definitions of beauty.
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Therefore the choice is between leaving things as they are and adopting a new definition which is different in substance.
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There could, of course, be an entirely new statutory definition either wider or more restricted than existing law.
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Various new definitions of bigamy have been suggested, including cohabitation for more than six months and a partnership that produces children.
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In this context at least, new definitions can be re-negotiated.
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The 1989 Autumn Statement and the 1990/91 Expenditure Plans were the first to use a new definition of the planning total.
precise
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Like many terms of the sort, it does not have a very precise definition .
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These arguments present questions of the meaning of the Twenty-first Amendment, the bounds of which have escaped precise definition .
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There was a precise definition of task and job.
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The depth of the North-South divide, its precise definition , and directions of change are key issues for this volume.
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As will be explained below, it is of the nature of a paradigm to belie precise definition .
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Can you give them a precise definition ?
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Structure plans, however, lack this precise definition .
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Regulation ought to involve precise definition and separation of wastes into hazardous and non-hazardous, or different levels of hazard.
statutory
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It is not to be treated as if it were a statutory definition .
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If a statutory definition were to be promulgated, it would lead to confusion, and a spate of litigation.
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Would the new statutory definition be taken as a fresh start?
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Rather the court gave an authoritative ruling on how the statutory definition applies in the case of a motor vehicle.
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Despite the recent advent of statute law in this area, there remains no statutory definition of what constitutes insider trading.
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There could, of course, be an entirely new statutory definition either wider or more restricted than existing law.
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A degree of statutory definition has been enacted in the past, without any noticeable subsequent insuperable or oppressive difficulties.
wide
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However, does even this wide definition go far enough?
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The importance of Kittay's formulation lies in her wide definition of the type of linguistic unit that can be labelled metaphoric.
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This is a wide definition which should cover pre-contractual labels or post-contractual instructions included, for example, in sealed goods.
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The wider definition proposed by the Conservatives was accepted apparently without change by the house authorities.
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There are fuller and wider definitions .
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A wide definition of associate is contained in Section 6 of Chapter 1, paragraph 1.2 of the Yellow Book.
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We need a wider definition of process.
■ NOUN
dictionary
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The dictionary definitions contain the information about the irregular derivations.
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You can see from the dictionary definition that compassion involves both a feeling and an action.
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The musical instruments that you say are machines are by Oxford Dictionary definition , indeed machines.
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Hence the expansion of dictionary definitions descends into progressive generality, displaying a weaker and weaker semantic relationship with the original word.
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Concise Oxford Dictionary definition of counselling and counsellor.
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And this is fortunate, because like most speakers, I find some dictionary definitions remote from my own usage.
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Collocations are similar to dictionary definitions in as much as they can be expressed as a headword followed by a list of semantically related words.
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In particular, dictionary definitions and co-occurrence statistics have been identified as valuable sources of semantic information.
■ VERB
accept
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Furthermore, successive governments have appeared to accept this definition of ethnic relations as largely a question of immigration control.
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Do you think your friends will accept your definition and classification?
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But we refuse to accept the standard television definition of what beauty is.
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You might be surprised how difficult it is to develop a generally accepted definition of this most widely used political concept.
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Graduated separatism accepts pure separatism's definition of the problem, but not the solution.
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Initially, the War ment accepted this legalistic definition of slave status.
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Traders and shopkeepers there were not capitalists, although they accepted that definition of themselves in their defence of free enterprise.
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You have a job more important than any Oscar performance: tricking men into accepting new definitions of beauty.
constitute
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It is in this context that we must read the definitions and practices that constituted Victorian sexuality.
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The good news is that in many countries the definition of what constitutes ideal family size is already evolving downward.
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Despite the recent advent of statute law in this area, there remains no statutory definition of what constitutes insider trading.
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There is no agreed definition as to what constitutes a knowledge worker.
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Their definition of what constitutes a husband, a wife, and a marital relationship will be negotiated.
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The answer lies in the provision of a structured Church and in the definition of what constituted heretical belief.
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The first set consists of institutional and professional definitions of what constitutes news.
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The definition of what constitutes an institution varies across time and between different countries.
fall
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Existing charities would wonder whether they still fell within the legal definition .
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Much of the environmental movement today appears to fall well within that definition .
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Consists of other types of confidential material which does not fall within the definition of excluded material in section 11.
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There is some difficulty over whether or not gypsies fall within the definition .
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A statutory payment under section 106 did not fall within the definition of pay in article 119.
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Parachutes do not fall within the definition of aircraft and neither do hovercraft so they, too, are excluded.
give
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Then run the brush under the lower, outer eye corner to give it the slightest definition .
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In fact, it is creating white space, giving shape and definition to your message.
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Each group can then be arranged within a particular shape, such as a rectangle or square, to give added definition .
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It is difficult to give any general definition of management as what constitutes management varies greatly between jobs and between organisations.
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Stinson gives as much definition as one reasonably can, but there is no new information here.
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Secondly, given this definition , why in so much discussion of deindustrialization is the emphasis placed on manufacturing?
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Fingered through permed or curly hair, they give more definition to curls and tendrils.
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Can you give them a precise definition ?
include
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What is included in the definition of the premises depends very much on the nature of the premises and the building.
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The first relates to the activities included in the definition of sport.
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For example, typical prepositions may be included in verb definitions .
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They can, however, be included in the classical definitions of elastic materials by a generalization of Hooke's law.
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What items, then, should be included in the definition of money?
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If the parties wish to give an ordinary word some special meaning, an express definition clause should be included .
offer
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The first two chapters offer a definition of spirituality and a way of identifying spiritual need.
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It is necessary, therefore, to offer some definitions of the term, and to explore some of its connotations.
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Alan Simpson stood before a business group and offered a lofty definition of politics.
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Before proceeding it may be wise to offer some definitions .
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What we were offered , if definition is needed, might be called ballet-pantomime: it was certainly not opera.
provide
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Nussbaum's drumming is a crucial element, providing colour and definition in this compelling session.
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Although the rules which provide its definition are surprisingly simple, the set itself exhibits an endless variety of highly elaborate structure.
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Dictionary compilers recognise this problem and provide separate definitions for such compounds.
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While we use salt to heighten flavor, we use acidity to provide definition .
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The glossary of terms on the inside back cover provides definitions of reserves categories.
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It does not, however, provide any definition of non-consent.
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Section 3 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 provides an exact definition of a bill of exchange.
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The project aims to provide a clear definition of the concept of civil rights.
use
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The curve has slope which may be re-arranged substitution: using the definition of the elasticity of substitution:.
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Mr Alger, using perhaps a narrower definition of technology, put the peak exposure at 55 % of assets.
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Mortality force instead of the probability of dying should be used in this definition .
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Some of the most widely used definitions of politics are: Politics is the exercise of power.
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A type identifier must be used in the definition of a pointer type.
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While we use salt to heighten flavor, we use acidity to provide definition .
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The present project uses a highly eclectic definition of the word semantics.
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narrow sense/definition
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In a quite narrow sense they are right.
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In terms of its narrow definition in the Maastricht Treaty, convergence has been surprisingly successful.
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In the narrow sense, it failed to achieve its specific aims.
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In the narrow sense, the battle here is over zoning.
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Mr Alger, using perhaps a narrower definition of technology, put the peak exposure at 55 % of assets.
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There are important parts of these processes to which this narrow sense is relevant.
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This is the narrowest definition of money.
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While in a certain narrow sense this is the case, in many important ways just the opposite is true.
working definition/theory/title
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A pragmatist judge will find room in his working theory of as if legal rights for some doctrine of precedent.
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A useful working definition has been provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in Britain.
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As a working theory this is impregnable, whether considered sceptically or superstitiously.
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Despite the difficulties, the teacher needs a rough working definition.
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Is that a reasonable working definition of Paradise?
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Like I say, it's just a working title.
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The Household of Faith was Brideshead's working title.
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We can, however, offer a very general working definition, which seems to feature in most discussions.
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Could one of the class give me a definition of the word "equilibrium"?
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Obviously your definition of "rich" is very different from mine.
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Alternatively, dictatorship might be better defined by the absence of a limited mandate-a critical factor in our definition of democracy.
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But perhaps we can waive our definitions and come to an understanding on the basis of an adjustment in the rent.
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Hence the expansion of dictionary definitions descends into progressive generality, displaying a weaker and weaker semantic relationship with the original word.
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More broadly, should a complete definition of democracy have more than electoral components?
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Sadly, even information specifically stored for secondary analysis can be marred by obscurities in definition that are not easily resolved.
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The depth of the North-South divide, its precise definition , and directions of change are key issues for this volume.
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These arguments present questions of the meaning of the Twenty-first Amendment, the bounds of which have escaped precise definition .
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This was despite the government's stated aim that the definition of regulated activities should be sufficiently clear to avoid unnecessary registration.