rough guide
collocation in Englishmeaningsofroughandguide
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rough
adjective
uk/rʌf/us/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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guide
noun[C]
uk/ɡaɪd/us/ɡaɪd/
a book that gives you the most important information about a ...
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(Definition ofroughandguidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrough guide
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Meanwhile, region is also aroughguidefor understanding the ethnic distribution of the country.
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It is simply aroughguide.
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It was only aroughguide.
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This provides aroughguideto the temporal sequencing of events displayed in figure 13(a-u).
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The forecast can be only aroughguide.
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I give those figures only as aroughguide.
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As aroughguideto the size of a calculation, we count the number of hexagonal tiles in the substitution region.
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Therefore, these trees should be interpreted with caution and used only as aroughguidefor the relationship of the different sequences.
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Moreover, in equilibrium, this modicum of information is enough to provide voters with aroughguideof what to expect from party labels.
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As aroughguideto the proportion of adult men who enjoyed this privilege, between 1444 and 1563 the records show 78 admissions of freemen.
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Theroughguideto assessing what actually is adequate test-retest reliability suggests that a value of 0.75 or more will be sufficient.
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These calculations can be no more than aroughguideto a decision.
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It is difficult to get more than aroughguidebetween the various sections.
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I ask for aroughguide, so my question is reasonable.
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The percentage of unemployment is only a crude androughguide.
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Aroughguidewas given to the men up to the year 1963.
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These programmes were to he based, as aroughguide, on the annual output in pre-war years.
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As various factors are likely to affect prices locally, it should be seen only as aroughguide.
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I had taken that sentence as aroughguide, but perhaps it is too crude a view of the matter.
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That is a veryroughguide, particularly when such expenditure levels can hide factors varying considerably between areas.
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For my purposes, these measures will be taken as aroughguideto the significance of each case; further evidence of significance is taken from the materials in each case.
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In the private sector, the building societies work on theroughguidethat an ordinary family will spend about one-third of its income on housing.
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There will now be aroughguideto the learning journey for parents and a map to the learning journey for students.
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No one suggests that one poll is conclusive evidence, but it is aroughguideto local feeling—nobody can gainsay that.
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