marked change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmarkedandchange
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marked
adjective
uk/mɑːkt/us/mɑːrkt/
A marked change or difference in behaviour or in a situation is very obvious ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofmarkedandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmarked change
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The skin sparing effect of high energy radiation has brought about amarkedchangefor the better in the prevalence and severity of skin reactions.
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This study demonstrates amarkedchangein the economic foundations of the wealthiest individuals in the country.
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But in one respect there has been amarkedchangeof emphasis - the reduction of pensioner poverty has also become a priority.
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There is amarkedchangein the language used by witnesses.
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Here, there was amarkedchangefrom the baseline studies.
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On superficial observation it appears that there is amarkedchangein colour pattern at each moult, especially at the earlier ones.
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Where comparison is possible, amarkedchangebetween 1984 and the 1990s is suggested.
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There was also empirical support for suspecting a curvilinear shape of change with the mostmarkedchangeoccurring between the first and second reading.
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In humans, as in other animals, it appears that puberty signals amarkedchangein the motivational aspects of some stimuli.
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Previtellogenic females showed amarkedchangein response to baits of different age, whereas other females did not.
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Yet over the course of time, the advantageous rights of possession of the serfs - their ability to transfer their houses and land - allowed for amarkedchangein transmission practices.
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Home care was divided into the ' main support ' and ' escalation ' phases to represent amarkedchangein the care-giving task.
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In short, each of the agents evoked by these terms possesses special features or abilities which enable them to bring about a relatively rapid andmarkedchangein state.
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In recent years, there has been amarkedchangein the nature of the au pair.
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There will be amarkedchangeof attitude in a couple of years.
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There has indeed been amarkedchangeof atmosphere as compared with that at previous conferences.
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The available evidence does not suggest that there has yet been amarkedchangeof risk capital for enterprise.
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During the course of 1975, there was amarkedchangein the nature of violence, much of it being of a sectarian nature.
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There has, however, been nomarkedchangerecently in the proportion of water-gas supplied by gas undertakings.
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