slight movement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofslightandmovement
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slight
adjective
uk/slaɪt/us/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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movement
noun
uk/ˈmuːv.mənt/us/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofslightandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We note aslightmovementof the line for equal vorticity.
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There is aslightmovementnow.
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There is one sign ofslightmovement.
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But it is aslightmovementin the right direction.
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Perhaps someslightmovementwas about to be made.
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It is a veryslightmovementin the appointment process.
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We have made aslightmovementin that direction.
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I understand that there has been someslightmovementon the amendment.
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Moreover, theslightmovementof exchange rates has not interfered with that vast difference in prices.
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Extremely carefully chosen words allow someslightmovementfrom those precise values.
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The victim, however, made aslightmovement.
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We have not the cushion of reserves that could withstand the shocks of aslightmovementof world trade.
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There has been someslightmovementin that direction, but the only reforms proposed militate against this country.
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In other words, there is aslightmovementtowards an increase in the provision of co-education.
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One must ensure that, if there is someslightmovementin the right direction, one can keep the thing going in that direction.
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I welcome it as it is the first time since peace broke out that we have in effect aslightmovementin the opposite direction.
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It appears that we are at last seeing aslightmovementin the log jam which has prevented us from proceeding towards family courts.
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Open eyed visuals are fleeting and consist ofslightmovement, especially peripherally, and increased color intensity.
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In fetal skulls the sutures are wide to allowslightmovementduring birth.
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There has been a veryslightmovementforward in the matter of psychologists and psychiatrists in the regional hospital boards who are available for this work.
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Aslightmovementof freight from road to rail will only mean that the time over which the tolls will be collected will be slightly extended.
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There have been some signs of minor cracking in the concrete piers of the viaduct andslightmovementin the carriageway to the south of the bridge.
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There is aslightmovementto develop the northern end of the east side, an undeveloped area.
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Technion engineers had already measured aslightmovementin part of the southern wall during the excavations...
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I can envisage no reason why it should not have been paid for by aslightmovement—it would have only needed to be slight—in the upper earnings limit.
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