profound consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprofoundandconsequence
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profound
adjective
uk/prəˈfaʊnd/us/prəˈfaʊnd/
felt or experienced very strongly or in an ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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That, again, is a step of solemn gravity, which can have the mostprofoundconsequenceupon international relations.
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Such matters are ofprofoundconsequenceto individuals and to communities.
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It is ofprofoundconsequenceto masses of workpeople in this country.
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Aprofoundconsequenceof seafloor spreading is that new crust was, and still is, being continually created along the oceanic ridges.
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This situation has profound consequences for the task of arriving at appropriate new national identities.
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Positioning the definition of triggers at the core of syntactic investigation has profound consequences for most major issues of the theory.
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These ethical strictures have profound consequences for how we may test any hypothesized effect (or non-effect) of the linguistic input to children.
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They have the possibility of reactivation after recovery of the host, which may have profound consequences for the eradication of the virus.
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The politics of this process will have profound consequences for the social citizenship of lowincome women and children.
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I knew he was wrestling with these agonizing decisions that would have suchprofoundconsequencefor so many lives and for the future of our world.
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This fact has profound consequences because it implies that there may be an unstable motion within the attractor.
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This legend had profound consequences through the centuries.
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Other compounds could have profound consequences for surface photobiology.
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And this has profound consequences for welfare.
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Both types of perceived residual obligations can have profound consequences for the relationship between family members, and these can be further complicated by nondonors being jealous of the donor.
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Any funding shortfall is not academic but has profound consequences for individuals.
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Is he further aware that the mode that eventually prevails will have profound consequences for competition and customer protection?
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Certainly it is a crisis, because if that company collapses there will be profound consequences.
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