rough sketch
collocation in Englishmeaningsofroughandsketch
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rough
adjective
uk/rʌf/us/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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sketch
noun[C]
uk/sketʃ/us/sketʃ/
a simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have ...
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(Definition ofroughandsketchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Each sketch therefore represents an intermediate state between the firstroughsketchand the definitive design solution.
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This is aroughsketchof how we distinguish between the contributions of nature and society.
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Let me begin by giving aroughsketchof these kinds of techniques.
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The following details provide aroughsketchor landscape for the labour market entry of seafarers in both countries.
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In the following we will give aroughsketchof the most important extradomestic leisure activities.
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For example, it would be desirable to obtain approximate predictions as to the viability of a product based on aroughsketchalone.
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We give aroughsketchof this easy generalization.
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The variable-fidelity prototype first takes form as aroughsketchembodying the approximate requirements and parameters of an early product specification.
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For this limited purpose, thisroughsketchis sufficient.
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They can be used to give aroughsketchof where the workers lived.
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Given thisroughsketchof the twin existence of images of war and images of peace, how else might we configure peace?
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These clauses vary a lot over time and space and it would be plainly foolish to try to describe them, even as a veryroughsketch.
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Sugden (1986) gives aroughsketchof such a theory.
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It starts with veryroughsketchplans, being little more than ideas in the shape of diagrams on paper.
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It is only possible for me to give a veryroughsketchof these preparations.
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I will give aroughsketchof the kind of teaching that might be given.
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In theroughsketchwe have on our map it is not clear whether it goes a little further north or a little further south.
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People here talk about blue prints, but blue prints do not mean to an engineer aroughsketchor outline.
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I could not draw aroughsketchof a trilemma for the elucidation of my difficulties.
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