number
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
above freezing/zero (= higher than the temperature at which water freezes )
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Tonight, temperatures should be just above freezing.
absolute zero
below freezing/zero (= lower than the temperature at which water freezes )
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In winter, temperatures dip to 40 degrees below freezing.
ground zero
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Buildings within 25 km of ground zero would be flattened.
size zero
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These clothes only look good on size zeroes.
zero carbon
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a zero carbon house
zero growth
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The budget was based around a forecast of zero growth in gross domestic product.
zero hour
zero tolerance
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a policy of zero tolerance in inner-city areas
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
start from scratch/zero
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Peter the Great had to start from scratch when he built St. Petersburg.
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As she explained, it was not easy to start from scratch.
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It would be arrogant foolishness to ignore that experience and to start from scratch designing a stringing by ear.
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Once more, Machanguana is starting from scratch.
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The only way to design tastefully was to start from scratch, he had said.
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The revenue from the product also starts from zero when none are sold and rises proportionately to invoiced sales.
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The trainees work hard, but they must start from scratch.
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This is especially true if the group starts from scratch with no designated roles or previous experience of working together.
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We do not have to start from scratch.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I started with absolutely zero knowledge about computers.
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Iowa's chances of winning are virtually zero .
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The pressure gauge was almost down to zero .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any floating.point number with a zero fraction represents zero.
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The glass moved more smoothly, more quickly, then came to rest at the figure zero .
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The median number identified per child was five, with a wide variation from zero to 29.