main target
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandtarget
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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target
noun
uk/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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(Definition ofmainandtargetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmain target
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Themaintargetis an extension of the following result.
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The fourmaintargetarticles cover a wide spread of opinion.
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Themaintargetwas a simplified task-level teaching method using a graphical interface.
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Itsmaintargetis determinism, both hard and soft, as well as treatments of various species of luck as a destroyer of moral responsibility.
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Themaintargetis certain kinds of financial dealing that undermine efficiency and effectiveness and deplete public funds.
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More generically, any extension of the basic problem-solving knowledge of a design system may be themaintargetfor learning.
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Much of our target article focused on the importance of this principle for explaining the phenomena of generalization and similarity, and these arguments were themaintargetof many commentaries.
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It has been regularly used as an instrument for the staging of dementia since it examines the "core" manifestations of the disorder which are themaintargetof therapeutic trials.
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This is also done in light of a recent report suggesting that vertical innovation is themaintarget of industrial espionage, although this is a new topic for data collection.
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Themaintargetmust be to improve education - undergraduate and postgraduate - and implement what is known from existing research.
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Themaintargetfor action semantics and for action theory is real-world programming languages in practical use.
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Alongside the more easily commercialised hardwoods which were themaintargetof colonial forestry companies, indigenous groups made use of the forest for a range of other needs.
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Themaintargetof this campaign is various kinds of deviation from bureaucratic norms of impartiality, efficiency and 'service', especially financial dealings.
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I appreciate that they may not have been themaintargetof the proposal.
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However, themaintargetof road traffic reduction will be urban areas.
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