increasing difficulty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseanddifficulty
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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difficulty
noun
uk/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəl.ti/us/ˈdɪf.ə.kəl.t̬i/
the fact of not being easy to do ...
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(Definition ofincreaseanddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A total of 60 items withincreasingdifficultyis presented; when the child does not respond correctly to five consecutive items, the task is ended.
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The sets contain items withincreasingdifficultylevel.
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In this task, children repeated pseudowords ofincreasingdifficultythat had been read to them by the experimenter.
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The gradually increasing ages relating toincreasingdifficultyto conceive renders this explanation somewhat unsatisfactory.
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For example, theincreasingdifficultyof breast-feeding, given the demands made by earlier children, might be a factor.
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In this test children are asked to give definitions for words ofincreasingdifficulty.
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This module consists of 27 exercises presented in order ofincreasingdifficulty.
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Patients present with an unsteady gait - usually walking on tiptoe - and with anincreasingdifficultyin manipulating small objects.
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This suggests that although participants may initially select intransitive verbs as stimuli, they experienceincreasingdifficultyapplying them toward a complete concept.
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To some extent, this trend reflects theincreasingdifficultyof trade unions to act as guarantors of economic citizenship.
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Behaviorally, subjects reportedincreasingdifficultyin their ability to concentrate during task performance.
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In this test of receptive vocabulary, the children were asked to give definitions for words ofincreasingdifficulty.
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This training ranges from monolingual shadowing (repeating the message to which they are listening using several lags and sentences ofincreasingdifficulty) to simultaneous interpretation.
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These different penalty multipliers reflect theincreasingdifficultyin attaining the desired performance.
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For instance, from each selected book, passages were extracted from the beginning, the middle and the end, aiming at anincreasingdifficultyin the contents.
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Each test set started with several example problems, and then progressed with problems ofincreasingdifficulty.
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Structures do not exist in an ever-mounting spiral ofincreasingdifficulty: the old, by now familiar, structures continue to be present at advanced levels.
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This word-recognition test consisted of 33 sentences ofincreasingdifficulty.
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The pupils' books contain a series of activities ofincreasingdifficultygrouped around the theme(s) of the project book.
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These are presented in order ofincreasingdifficulty.
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