increasing knowledge

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandknowledge

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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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knowledge
noun
uk
/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/
us
/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofincreasing knowledge

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Increasingknowledgeof the biology and epidemiology of obesity is leading to identification of novel therapeutic targets.
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Was the psychological theory they espoused consonant with ourincreasingknowledgeof language and language interiorization processes?
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In this, their basic instincts aboutincreasingknowledgefortunately predominate over their desire for a neater methodological world.
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This finding is consistent with the proposition thatincreasingknowledgeof close others may provide ammunition for relationally aggressive conduct.
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Withincreasingknowledge, points of intervention may be identified for which superior treatments can be developed.
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In particular, theincreasingknowledgeand assertiveness of patients and of their representative groups has actually aided the diffusion of innovation.
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With thisincreasingknowledgeand information, the price of wildlife preservation will undoubtedly increase from present levels.
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More experimental work will lead toincreasingknowledgeof the hypertrophic response in older age.
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The move towards specialist practice is, then, a consequence ofincreasingknowledgeand understanding.
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Education is a matter ofincreasingknowledgeand reflection, statistical cueing a matter of providing signposts that even the ignorant and irreflective can use.
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Nowadays,increasingknowledgein immunological research has emphasized the importance of these mechanisms in the etiology of acute rheumatic fever, reinforcing the importance of the immunosuppressive action of corticosteroids.
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With theincreasingknowledgeabout the detailed mechanisms of these processes, a further step has doubtless been taken towards a more fertile, and clinically and ecologically relevant, inorganic physiology.
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Based on developmental data showing how anincreasingknowledgebase influences categorization behaviours, it is assumed that some of this honing has already been done by age two.
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Theincreasingknowledgeand awareness of possible indirect environmental impacts from reforms since 1987/1988, may have contributed to reduce unforeseen negative impacts of such programmes.
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Current methodological development for historical analyses appears to now coincide withincreasingknowledge of biodiversity, factors that will promote resolution of history at a broad scale.
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I distinguish between the intensive farmer who takes advantage ofincreasingknowledgeand research to get greater productivity from his land and the factory farmer.
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