general pattern

collocation in English

meaningsofgeneralandpattern

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general
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/
us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgeneral pattern

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This lifting follows ageneralpattern.
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That has been ageneralpattern.
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Within thisgeneralpattern, there was variation.
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The accompanying panel summarises thegeneralpattern.
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Emergence in spring reflected thisgeneralpattern.
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But what is thegeneralpattern?
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This was a fairlygeneralpattern.
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Thegeneralpatternis clear and unsurprising.
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Therefore, the lines fall far outside thegeneralpattern.
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However, some exceptions to thisgeneralpatternwere evident.
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And this seems to be thegeneralpattern.
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A good deal of this evidence suggests ageneralpattern.
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Only very few farms did not follow thegeneralpattern.
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The examples below illustrate a verygeneralpattern.
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Thus, no cross-branchgeneralpatterncould be established.
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We now present as follows an approach to representing code involvinggeneralpatternmatching.
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Finding exceptions: for some problems exceptions from thegeneralpatternare more useful than general patterns.
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And thatgeneralpatternholds within each of the three countries.
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Unfortunately thegeneralpatternis that increases in consumption imply increasing imports rather than local production.
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Thus, college students and nonmaltreated children displayed the samegeneralpatternof results.
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Nevertheless, these results also support thegeneralpatternof the findings.
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Nevertheless, theirgeneralpatternis interesting and seems to deserve further investigation.
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The treated stimulus sets for all children followed thisgeneralpattern.
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A variety of scheduling problems are special cases of thisgeneralpattern.
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Figure 1 shows ageneralpatternof multi-sensor integration and fusion in a system.
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