adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
frequent/constant/repeated references
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Medieval literature contains frequent references to insanity.
repeated absences (= happening again and again )
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Repeated absences from school can lead to children falling behind.
repeated accusations
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Repeated accusations of neglect were made against the authorities.
repeated requests
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The bank would not reveal its figures, despite repeated requests.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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The growth of competition put paid to repeated attempts by the railways and the political authorities to establish a financially viable railway.
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Despite repeated attempts by central Television to speak to Sarejevo Child Lifeline, no one was available for comment.
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Nor did it ever completely disappear, despite repeated attempts to extirpate it.
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Bereavement counselling - where there is no hope of conception or repeated attempts at treatment have not resulted in conception.
exposure
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Make this point firmly, because the idea of anxiety-reduction with repeated exposure is one of the fundamental principles of the course.
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Like the Zionist experience too, this yearning is reinforced by repeated exposure to legal and physical vulnerability.
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Such aggregations not only promote transmission of micro-organisms but through repeated exposure allow large doses of these.
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The Vascars have, of course, become headless through repeated exposure to Tramen-exhalation.
request
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And despite repeated requests , there are occasions when Groups relate directly to Area Secretaries instead of Coordinators, as previously agreed.
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Despite repeated requests , the magistrates who gave Hagans bail refused to be interviewed.
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Barclays Bank would not divulge its figures despite repeated requests over a period of three weeks.
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The governing body had refused to consider holding an open meeting, despite repeated requests from parents and some governors.
use
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Ignore the fact that a nut may be weakened by repeated use as hammer.
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Physiological addiction may occur after repeated use of analgesics for relief from chronic pain.
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This is a contemporary, well validated, 22 item self report scale developed for repeated use by patients with cancer.
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Because of the repeated use of the name Frederick, it is easiest to identify Frederick Barbarossa by his nickname.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Repeated attempts to fix the satellite have failed.
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Massieu remains a free man, despite repeated attempts to arrest him on murder and drug charges.
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Motorists used the roads despite repeated warnings of snow.
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The torture involved repeated beatings and electric shock treatment.
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There have been repeated requests for the United Nations to send peace-keeping forces to the area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Coventry-born Painter, 21, sensed trouble soon after the start and made repeated efforts to keep the headgear in place.
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Don't be tentative or give repeated tugs which achieve nothing.
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He marked young leaves as they began to expand and then followed their fate by repeated observation.
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Make this point firmly, because the idea of anxiety-reduction with repeated exposure is one of the fundamental principles of the course.
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This phenomenon, in which an animal responds to a repeated stimulus by eventually disregarding it, is familiar to everyone.
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With anti-lock as standard, they respond smoothly and effectively to instruction and show no signs of fade during repeated hard stopping.