historical period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhistoricalandperiod
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historical
adjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For this reason, discussions for eachhistoricalperiodseem all the more necessary.
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Literature reviews were conducted byhistoricalperiod: 1930 - 1939, 1960 - 1969, and 1990 - 1999.
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These remarks are made without any qualifiers as to a specifichistoricalperiod.
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Thishistoricalperiodis the longest for which the relevant data are available.
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This special issue presents a number of detailed case studies of human- environment interactions during a significanthistoricalperiod.
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Second, what would legislators have intended had they been transported from their ownhistoricalperiodto ours?
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Thus, the liberation of children from adulthood during thishistoricalperiodled, in turn, to the restraint of children.
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Figures are given byhistoricalperiodand region, and the regions can be separated into three groups.
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Electroacoustic music generally refers to a specific type of compositional approach in a well-definedhistoricalperiod, starting after 1945.
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We do not as yet have sufficient evidence to be conclusive, especially as regards changes over a longhistoricalperiod.
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Certainly, over a longhistoricalperiodit might be expected that unrecorded separations would have diminished as a proportion of all marriage breakdowns.
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As a broad cultural phenomenon, the rediscovery of urbanism in thishistoricalperiodis both ensnaring and liberating at the same time.
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As a document, this is naturally a form of explicit ideological expression, and should not be forgotten as such, unique to thehistoricalperiod.
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However, my discussion will refer to the first published version of the sequence produced as it was in thehistoricalperiodunder discussion.
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However, that is the task for the historian trying to uncover the social meaning of the parish boundary in ourhistoricalperiod.
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Both projects are ambitious, providing diverse means of access to the subtexts of thehistoricalperiodand to the meta-narratives of the military.
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It is also true that thehistoricalperiodof human life represents a ridiculously small part of the lifetime of the human species.
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References and their values may have been more structured here, because a collective point of view on thehistoricalperiodwas introduced.
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The extensive documentation of historical contexts, events and personalities that inspired calypsonians' lyrics during thishistoricalperiodis a monumental achievement.
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This story unfolds nicely through the volumes, though with a different focus and emphasis depending on thehistoricalperiodunder scrutiny.
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His most recent book represents a maturing of the thought processes and a convincing exploration of his ideas within a largerhistoricalperiod.
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