prevailing culture

collocation in English

meaningsofprevailingandculture

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prevailing
adjective
uk
/prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/us
/prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/
existing in a particular place or at a ...
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culture
noun
uk
/ˈkʌl.tʃər/us
/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/
the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a ...
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(Definition ofprevailingandculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the fourth interpretation, learner-centredness as aprevailingcultureof enquiry, learners and teachers are seen as involved in parallel processes of ongoing learning.
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In the unregulated schemes, the payment of relatives may be part of theprevailingcultureof the scheme.
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Theprevailingcultureof learning, which encourages learner autonomy and an analytical approach to language, seems to have contributed.
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Both the making of these songs and their copying into these musically informal written contexts were undertaken within aprevailingcultureof experimentation and revision.
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Familiarity with models is very much related to theprevailingculture, the regulatory framework, and the investment management style.
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Finding ways to do this points to the final and arguably the least explored aspect of learnercentredness, that is developing aprevailingcultureof enquiry.
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Polanyi was born into a family actively participating in many aspects of theprevailingculture.
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Nevertheless, such practices demonstrate theprevailingculturein specific councils.
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I hope that the changes introduced will achieve that, but it will not happen in theprevailingculture.
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This amendment will make a small contribution to challenging theprevailingcultureof violence and it will enhance the role of those who protect children.
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However, the generalprevailingculturein most colonies is strongly democratic.
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Repayment depends on locality, tax laws andprevailingculture.
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Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of aprevailingcultureshe considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations.
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Stewart wanted to break that trend, but he knew that theprevailingculturedemanded that he be discreet.
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