key element

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyandelement

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key
adjective
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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element
noun
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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(Definition ofkeyandelementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkey element

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Thekeyelementis hostility.
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The negotiation problem is akeyelementfor research here.
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Vocabulary acquisition is akeyelementin foreign language learning.
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Thekeyelementof cooperation is to listen - to hear.
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Meteorological information is akeyelementof this information mix.
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Akeyelementof this status was a judicial innovation known as the state action doctrine.
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Akeyelementof community support provided to a minority language is through education.
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As with all evolutionary approaches, thekeyelementis the fitness function.
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Akeyelementis sensitivity to the emotional state of the other person.
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The following recursive inequality is akeyelementin our argument.
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That uncorrelated signals are akeyelementin both processes should facilitate this integration.
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In this scenario, learning is akeyelement, but not the only one.
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People's moral development, "self-realization," was thekeyelementthat mattered.
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Good preparation and planning, practically and emotionally, is akeyelement.
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We hypothesize that reproductiveness is akeyelementwhich facilitates language acquisition.
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Affected professions of modesty are akeyelementof this strategy.
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Exploitation of this contrast in juxtaposition is anotherkeyelementin the design.
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Akeyelementin that defence is the evidence of religious experience.
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That is thekeyelement.
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Thekeyelementis choice.
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For their counterparts in minor parties, however, thekeyelementof electoral performance seems to be seat share.
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Still, he did propose the introduction of children's allowances as onekeyelementin the social security framework.
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Effective peer response is akeyelementof helping novice writers to understand how readers see their work.
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