general trend

collocation in English

meaningsofgeneralandtrend

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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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trend
noun[C]
uk
/trend/
us
/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Moreover, the cross-national similarity goes beyond thegeneraltrendtowards increased deprivation.
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Nevertheless, we see that thegeneraltrendof experimental values follows the theoretical prediction.
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The findings confirm the recently notedgeneraltrendtowards the two-child family in the developed countries.
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It was stated previously that these values indicate thegeneraltrendin the use of computers.
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Thegeneraltrendis for increasing damage as the eel size rises.
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Many factors may shape thegeneraltrenddiscussed here.
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There are several other studies which confirm thisgeneraltrend.
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This increase is surprising if it is compared to thegeneraltrend.
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Folding of circular permutants with decreased contact order:generaltrendbalanced by protein stability.
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All studies reported ageneraltrendof a decrease in cercarial survival with increasing toxicant concentration.
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There has been ageneraltrendof consolidation within the agricultural input, processing and retail markets.
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Thisgeneraltrendsuggests the possibility of classifying fluctuation field into two parts.
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Thegeneraltrendtowards solo living or living in married pairs, however, conceals some important variations.
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Thegeneraltrendtherefore rejects the predictions of the development hypothesis.
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This atheoretical approach follows ageneraltrendin the literature on ageing.
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Although this distribution is not surprising, there are several interesting pronominal patterns within thegeneraltrend.
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Thegeneraltrendis that the sequence identities are reduced with increasing phylogenetic distance.
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In short, since the 1950s there has been ageneraltrendtowards sharpened competition between shepherds.
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