present form

collocation in English

meaningsofpresentandform

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present
adjective
uk
/ˈprez.ənt/us
/ˈprez.ənt/
in a ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofpresentandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpresent form

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Although in itspresentformthe system is quite reasonable for most routine surgery, it is far from perfect.
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With relatively few cases remaining to be detected, screening in itspresentformwill become untenable.
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In itspresentform, the triadic model does not specify the nature of the developmental processes that affect these functional connections.
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On the other hand, these protections could also provide the assurances necessary to allow managed care to exist in itspresentform.
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However, there are some points that are not fully convincing in theirpresentform.
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Hence, he defined these pneumatic substances by linking theirpresentformwith the modifying circumstance of their production.
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The first is to publicise the substantive benefits accruing to society from the practice of medicine in its particularpresentform.
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It has taken thousands of years of adaptation for the human species to evolve into itspresentform.
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In its history as well as in itspresentformit is influenced by numerous source fields.
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The theory in itspresentformis more applicable to a snowboard or toboggan.
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To understand today's museums with greater clarity we should read their histories and then engage with theirpresentform.
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This constraint seems difficult to deal with in itspresentform.
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But the simplepresentformdoes not mark habitual aspect; its habitual readings arise only in certain contexts, and they compete with several other interpretations.
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All groups had on average some instances of the past imperfective form instead of thepresentform.
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Unfortunately, however, chaos analysis in itspresentform, and especially the embedding technique, is feasible only for relatively low-dimensional dynamical systems.
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In theirpresentform, however, they have other drawbacks.
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Of course the tutor can be extended and polished but already in itspresentformit can be quite useful for the student.
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Thepresentformmay represent an advanced species of the genus.
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Even though they have greatly influenced (and improved) itspresentform, any errors that remain are, of course, my own.
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