important distinction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimportantanddistinction
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important
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.tənt/
necessary or of ...
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distinction
noun
uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a difference between two ...
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(Definition ofimportantanddistinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofimportant distinction
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This is animportantdistinction.
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We find thisimportantdistinctionremarkably underexplored.
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But implied in this statement is anotherimportantdistinction.
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This narrow butimportantdistinctionramified throughout the entire argument.
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I agree that this is animportantdistinction.
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The secondimportantdistinctionis between system and content morphemes.
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There is animportantdistinctionto be made.
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I will return later to thisimportantdistinctionlater.
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There is anotherimportantdistinctionto be made.
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Finally, we argue that animportantdistinctionhas to be made between procedural and substantive democracy.
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But the speaker draws animportantdistinctionbetween the woman and this king.
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But a closer examination of each language task revealed animportantdistinction.
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This is an attempt to capture animportantdistinctionbetween process and image(s).
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This fact points to animportantdistinctionbetween money and liquidity.
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Thisimportantdistinctionin her approach emerges in the dialectic through which she structures her argument.
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Oneimportantdistinctionmade by researchers in diverse fields is that between direct and mediated actions.
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Animportantdistinctionin the book is the difference between relative and absolute risk reduction.
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Finally, animportantdistinctionhas to be made between procedural and substantive democracy.
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I thank one of the anonymous reviewers for bringing thisimportantdistinctionto my attention.
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In the philosophical literature, there is animportantdistinctionbetween moral status and moral value.
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Animportantdistinctionhas also been made between complement clauses and relative clauses.
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Animportantdistinctionin this discussion is that between local and global or systemic effects.
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Oneimportantdistinction, included in the empirical analysis, is to distinguish between annual and perennial crops.
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Animportantdistinctionto be made, however, is the difference between context and semantics.
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Animportantdistinctionis that between moral values and non-moral values, such as aesthetic values.
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