major topic

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandtopic

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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topic
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɒp.ɪk/us
/ˈtɑː.pɪk/
a subject that is discussed, written about, ...
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(Definition ofmajorandtopicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmajor topic

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To what extent this is the case became amajortopicof debate in anthropology.
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The question of atmospheric stability against atmospheric escape is anothermajortopicto be investigated.
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The lastmajortopiccovered in the book is aircraft noise.
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The book consists of 12 chapters, each dealing with amajortopicin neurolinguistics.
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Some elements of circumscription (amajortopicare in itself) are studied.
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In both, cost and cost analysis was used as the mesh term, identified as amajortopic.
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Onemajortopicduring the evaluation sessions concerned the pros and cons of the group approach to piano education.
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We then searched using costs and cost analysis as a mesh word that we identified as amajortopic.
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Amajortopicrequiring further investigation is a precise characterization of how the presence of invariant integrals affects the topology of the available phase space.
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The secondmajortopicin the field of energy is energy efficiency and renewable energy.
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Of course, that will be amajortopicof discussion in the two-plus-four talks.
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The issue is still amajortopicfor discussion.
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There is onemajortopicon interdependence which is important.
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That makes it very difficult for an orderly debate upon amajortopicto take place.
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These changes are now amajortopicin public debate, and rightly so.
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It was not amajortopicbut the deaths occurring here and there mounted up.
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I now pass to themajortopic—the wages paid by the transport industry.
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During the summer, boundaries were themajortopicof conversation in my constituency.
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Credibility is the thirdmajortopicapproached by my noble friend's committee.
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I hope very much that education will be amajortopicat the next election.
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