above description
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaboveanddescription
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above
adverb
preposition
uk/əˈbʌv/us/əˈbʌv/
in or to a higher position than ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofaboveanddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We will use theabovedescriptionas the definition of path-width.
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Theabovedescriptionof the various overgrowth syndromes shows that there is no developmental anomaly unique to a specific syndrome.
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To begin with, it is worth emphasizing that theabovedescriptionprovides an idealized view of the phenomenon.
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However, it appears from theabovedescriptionthat general shell elements have two key advantages.
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Before making theabovedescriptionrigorous, we introduce one more definition.
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I have purposely not used the term "model" in theabovedescriptionbecause it can be applied to different parts of this diagram.
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Theabovedescription, again, could essentially be seen as an instrumental, intentional, or design-oriented point of view.
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We believe that theabovedescriptionof a partial category derived from a divergence has intuitive computational appeal.
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There is no doubt a great deal of closed-loop activity, and perhaps some of it is such that theabovedescriptionis accurate.
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Theabovedescriptionshows that the context of the two settlements is important for the meanings that are attributed to material culture - in this case houses.
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Based on theabovedescription, the strand-exchange reaction results in a concerted switch in hydrogen-bonded base-pairing interactions and may be viewed as consisting of two sequential processes.
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In some cases, morphophonological processes resulted in vowel shortening and\\or final consonant assimilation in the stem, in accordance with theabovedescriptionof this verb class.
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According to theabovedescriptionthe model connects the brain's capacity of autoassociative memory to collective phenomena in physics as well as to functions of computation.
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Men who are unemployed when they apply for re-enrolment are given three months' grace in which to obtain employment of theabovedescription.
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Theabovedescriptionof the transition state is not quite correct.
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Theabovedescriptionis for the case where gravity and evaporation do not play a role.
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Theabovedescription(referring to upper and lower valves) clearly relates to an engine with a vertical cylinder, such as a beam engine.
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