adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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entity
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This is quite different to a group portrait, which is a well-defined, discrete entity that we can adopt unilaterally.
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They are an extension of his nuclear family but also a discrete entity .
unit
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The structure now reflects the continuum rather than the discrete units we perceive.
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The situation is different for native speakers of the language who automatically perceive the speech as being chopped up into discrete units .
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Core and optional units do not have to be studied as discrete units or in a set order.
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Break down each block into discrete units of knowledge. 4.
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Generally speaking, however, different intervals of time tended to be thought of as separate discrete units .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The developing insect passes through several discrete stages.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each simply provides a discrete service.
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The nation was thus both a discrete political and economic concept.
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The particles themselves remain separate and discrete when it comes to being passed on to the next generation.
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The situation is different for native speakers of the language who automatically perceive the speech as being chopped up into discrete units.
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This stores the interconnection weights between arrays of discrete emitters and detectors.
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We can privatize discrete steering functions, but not the overall process of governance.