relevant portion

collocation in English

meaningsofrelevantandportion

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relevant
adjective
uk
/ˈrel.ə.vənt/us
/ˈrel.ə.vənt/
connected with what is happening or ...
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portion
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɔː.ʃən/us
/ˈpɔːr.ʃən/
a part or share of ...
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(Definition ofrelevantandportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrelevant portion

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Following arelevantportionof the literature, we assume that, when equilibria are multiple, wage-setters coordinate using a "sunspot" variable.
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We indicate attested examples by italicizing the example number and therelevantportionof the example.
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What really counts is that the form should be in large black type, particularly the morerelevantportionof it.
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To identify therelevantportionof their expenditure would involve disproportionate cost.
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In such cases, a clawback of arelevantportionof the relief will occur when the charity disposes of that part of the acquisition.
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This, then is therelevantportion.
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Relevant portions of the text were extracted and important keywords and phrases were identified.
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Therelevantportionof the terms of use currently states that all rights (including copyright and personal-usage rights) for content belong to the user that created it.
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It retrieves relevant case texts from the full-text database and highlights the most relevant portions given the target case.
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What we try to do in framing hypotheses is to explain some otherwise unexplained happenings by inventing a plausible description or history of relevant portions of the world.
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It was to nationalise the relevant portions of the iron and steel industry, not to nationalise a host of ancillary or disconnected activities.
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We now see the whole gamut and range of goods which the definition "the relevant portions of the steel industry" embraces.
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The transfer to the council of the relevant portions of this road has been agreed and the necessary legal steps are now being taken.
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For example, the provision of libraries, specialised laboratories and computer and animal facilities as well as providing the relevant portions of the central administration.
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I will read the relevant portions of the letter.
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However, new government regulations in 2009 deleted the relevant portions of the legislation.
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