fundamental distinction
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffundamentalanddistinction
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fundamental
adjective
uk/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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distinction
noun
uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a difference between two ...
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(Definition offundamentalanddistinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Spatial location seems to be afundamentaldistinction.
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Thisfundamentaldistinctionis not always clearly understood by neophyte listeners.
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Thefundamentaldistinctionbetween inherited and acquired conditions has been noted.
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He concluded that nofundamentaldistinctionneed be drawn between improvisation and composition.
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Failure to attend to thisfundamentaldistinctionhas led to many serious conceptual and analytical misunderstandings.
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That is thefundamentaldistinction.
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That is afundamentaldistinction.
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This is afundamentaldistinction.
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What is thefundamentaldistinction?
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Afundamentaldistinctionbetween these perspectives is the role that individuals play in contributing to their own development.
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In the study of language, afundamentaldistinctionis drawn between the memorized ' 'mental lexicon' ' and the computational ' 'mental grammar' '.
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There is afundamentaldistinctionbetween them.
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We must recognise thatfundamentaldistinction.
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This is a real andfundamentaldistinction.
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Therefore, there is afundamentaldistinctionto be made.
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There is one veryfundamentaldistinctionbetween the two cases.
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There is afundamentaldistinctionbetween the two.
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There is afundamentaldistinctionbetween the two cases.
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Surely there is afundamentaldistinctionbetween the two issues.
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There is thisfundamentaldistinctionbetween the two cases.
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That is properly recognised as thefundamentaldistinction.
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There is afundamentaldistinctionbetween these two.
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Thatfundamentaldistinctionhas not yet received sufficient attention.
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That is a very simple butfundamentaldistinction.
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These differences indicate a much morefundamentaldistinctionbetween them as regards which participant they each mark in a given motion description.
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