particular instance

collocation in English

meaningsofparticularandinstance

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particular
adjective
uk
/pəˈtɪk.jə.lər/us
/pɚˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/
special, or this and not ...
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instance
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.stəns/us
/ˈɪn.stəns/
a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that ...
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(Definition ofparticularandinstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparticular instance

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In thisparticularinstance, there has been a small increase in resource-saving progress.
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The first felt that in thisparticularinstancedemonstration provided the teacher's only resource.
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It is argued that this is aparticularinstanceof a general phenomenon.
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Paraphrasing other with else would clearly not work in thisparticularinstance.
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The centipede game and its backwards induction are just, of course, aparticularinstanceof this.
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Here, we rephrase functional dependencies as aparticularinstanceof their framework.
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When this condition is not met in aparticularinstance, parents should not provision their offspring.
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In thisparticularinstance, higher resource input costs fail to induce any technological progress.
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Aparticularinstanceof a 'winner-takes-all' strategy is inheritance of default properties.
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Even when we approve aparticularinstanceof forgiveness, our response may be marked by ambivalence.
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In thisparticularinstance, the antibiotech movement has not yet had to face this interesting dilemma.
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In thisparticularinstance, however, there are circumstances that seem to militate against this possibility.
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In such aparticularinstance, mapping may become the very object of musical experience.
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The case of motion is only aparticularinstanceof a more general claim regarding uniform causality.
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Combining words and gestures in discourse has a cost, however, and it constitutes aparticularinstanceof dual-task performance.
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I propose three criteria for determining whether aparticularinstanceof time counts as a distinct sense.
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But judicial punishment is not just aparticularinstanceof censuring alongside professional discipline, verbal reprimands, and social snubbing.
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Thisparticularinstancehas a lot to do with the registering of motion, which justifies presenting it here.
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Each instance declaration is accompanied by a proof of the laws in theparticularinstancebeing defined.
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Here we sketch the idea of the proof followed by an example constructed over aparticularinstance.
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But whether the one leads to the other in anyparticularinstanceis a matter for empirical inquiry.
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Just consider thisparticularinstance.
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Oneparticularinstanceis criminal work.
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You may ask for aparticularinstance.
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Oneparticularinstanceimpressed me very much.
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