adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a timely reminder (= a useful reminder of something important )
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This is a timely reminder to people that they should be careful with strangers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Thomas's contribution could not have been more timely , Tommy Tynan having equalised an own goal by David Byrne.
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After the meeting he was very abrupt with me and made a comment about getting more timely information from the field.
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Do not lose your thoroughness but try to be more timely .
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As computer systems make information more timely , top management can base its decisions on actual data rather than personal observation.
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Nothing could have been more timely .
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The President had never been stronger and his policies had never been more timely .
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Wigan have not done at all badly without him but his return, to loose forward, could not be more timely .
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Instead, data are provided directly and more timely to obviate this need.
■ NOUN
fashion
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I want those results in a timely fashion !
information
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Users of accounting information , such as banks, need timely information for their decision-making.
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After the meeting he was very abrupt with me and made a comment about getting more timely information from the field.
manner
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Actual repayment in a regular, timely manner .
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Miller resigned abruptly after Hallinan publicly criticized her for failing to report the incident to him in a timely manner .
reminder
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It is a timely reminder of when justice was swift and permanent.
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Mr. Chope My hon. Friend gives a timely reminder of the benefits of investment in our roads infrastructure.
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So the visit to this country by Boris Yeltsin is a timely reminder of the opportunities in that former superpower.
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This direct experience of seeing books being valued and enjoyed has been a timely reminder of their importance in the educational process.
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His book is a brilliant and timely reminder of what is left out in our various theories and models of language.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a piece of timely advice
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The database will provide timely and accurate information on the current status of the business.
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The fighting in the Ardennes came as a timely reminder that the West still needed the Russian army.
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The Government's intervention was timely and may have prevented economic disaster.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lobbying letter to Mrs Thatcher on the subject may be timely .
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Be on time and timely - it's good manners.
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Further, it became natural and timely to search for bodies in threatening orbits.
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He gets his wines to market in a timely way.
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His concern about the organization of the militia was timely , but his intended reliance on the longbow was hardly forward-looking.
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It opens up opportunities to supply a wide variety of users with information which is timely , accurate, significant and relevant.
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The timely provision of psychiatric care can dramatically reduce the use and costs of medical care for these patients.