geographical description
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeographicalanddescription
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geographical
adjective
uk/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/
relating to geography, or to the geography of a particular area ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofgeographicalanddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Category (b) gives ageographicaldescriptionof a network that is to be exempted from the need for a licence.
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In a sense it is the other special resources which provide the logic for thegeographicaldescription.
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That is a slightgeographicaldescriptionof the area.
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Thegeographicaldescriptionseems to be masking the reality of a division not completely but largely upon racial lines.
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It is not intended to reflect thegeographicaldescriptionof the area.
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That is a more accurategeographicaldescription.
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Topographical poetry, especially the prospect poem, moved from the scientific andgeographicaldescription to become a venue for personal, historical and meditative thought.
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She relies heavily ongeographicaldescriptionand details and her work is most often concerned with transgressions.
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The parish derives its name etymologically from thegeographicaldescription: the conjunction of the words valley and soto (mountain, forest, village site trees in riparian or meadow).
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They are not geographical descriptions; they were divisions on tribal lines.
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We would also welcome the extension of a number of arrangements protecting geographical descriptions for wines and spirits to cover also other agricultural and food products.
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