peculiar form

collocation in English

meaningsofpeculiarandform

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peculiar
adjective
uk
/pɪˈkjuː.li.ər/
us
/pɪˈkjuːl.jɚ/
unusual and strange, sometimes in an ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/
us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofpeculiarandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpeculiar form

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Thispeculiarformof presentation is not the product of recent journalistic trends.
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Thepeculiarformof transverse division which he describes probably explains why there have been such conflicting views as regards the division of this species of spirochaete.
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Indeed, while the issue of standardization is implicit in all these aspects, the standardization of therapeutic vaccines in itspeculiarformwas dependent upon their hybrid character.
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Huq produced apeculiarformof identity politics that appealed not only to religious sentiment but also to regional loyalty that cut across the religious divide.
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This amendment seeks to revalorise the investment income surcharge thresholds by means of apeculiarformof indexation.
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I rather regret, therefore, thepeculiarformof words used.
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I would rather see no oath than thepeculiarformset out in the schedule.
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I regard that as a ratherpeculiarformof progress.
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But by-laws are apeculiarformof instrument; they are normally valid only if, among other things, they are impartial and treat everyone equally.
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First, it is apeculiarformof linguistic censorship which seeks to censor the knowledge of one's language.
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It sometimes takes apeculiarform, not necessarily by the giving of definite and specific subsidies.
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That is an advantage — not a major advantage—that the co-operatives need because of theirpeculiarform of organisation and the specific competitive difficulties they face.
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So they had a ratherpeculiarformof enfranchisement.
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By a somewhatpeculiarformof egalitarianism we apparently refuse permission to live here to this sort of one-man dollar export.
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I must say that this is a mostpeculiarformof coercion.
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In this particular case there are only two factories in the whole world which make thispeculiarformof paper.
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That would be a verypeculiarformof self-regulation.
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The allotment takes a verypeculiarformin the new arrangement.
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This is a verypeculiarformof legislation.
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It is a ratherpeculiarformof alignment.
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