gradual adjustment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgradualandadjustment
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gradual
adjective
uk/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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adjustment
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/us/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/
a ...
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(Definition ofgradualandadjustmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thegradualadjustmentthat takes place after the first period is 27% of the total price change.
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Moving through stages such as: shock/denial, anxiety/anger, sadness/despair and then agradualadjustment/acceptance stage.
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The various modules of the grammar-based processing architecture presumably reflect independent clusters of statistical regularities in the linguistic input, learned by thegradualadjustmentof synaptic weights.
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We will have agradualadjustmentnot to suit ourselves but to suit the television camera men.
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We think the abolition of the existing powers should be a matter ofgradualadjustmentrather than an immediate and drastic change.
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The transitional arrangements for fresh fruit and vegetables have been designed to give a long period ofgradualadjustmentand to minimise the risk of disruption of markets.
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It is now generally accepted that the process of retirement should be one ofgradualadjustment, rather than a sudden, sharp, and often traumatic single step.
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Another issue concerns the economies of countries involved in enlargement, which may run the risk of remaining assisted economies for ever more if provision is not made forgradualadjustment.
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Will he accept that there are a great many people who on discharge from hospitals needgradualadjustmentto modern society and that there are inadequate facilities for the purpose?
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This led to thegradualadjustmentof his game as he advanced in his career, showing superior playmaking abilities from passing out of multiple defenders at the post.
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We have made commitments that there must be gradual adjustments in the rate of the green pound.
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