pure form

collocation in English

meaningsofpureandform

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pure
adjective
uk
/pjʊər/us
/pjʊr/
not mixed with ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofpureandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpure form

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Such an approach would be a fairlypureformof political or moral philosophy.
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On that model thepureformcomes first, logically or chronologically, and the syncretic form comes second.
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Since the drugs were not then available in a chemicallypureform, it was necessary to find a way of determining their exact strength.
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This leads to a form of partial evaluation which in itspureformis called total unfolding.
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These careful observations enabled them to make a sharp distinction between lead and tin, both of which were evidently used in a reasonablypureform.
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The argument can be appreciated most clearly with mathematics, which is a relativelypureformof meaning.
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Policy measures are never put into practice either in apureformor in isolation.
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As chemists freely acknowledged, these philosophically defined principles were never isolated inpureform.
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The extent of pluralism fell short of itspureformand thus the system was called 'patterned', 'canalized', or 'compartmentalized' competition or pluralism.
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Up-to-now, it has never been prepared inpureform.
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In short, the classes identified in tables 2 and 3 arepureformclasses, which cannot be described more concisely in terms of any substantive properties.
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Likewise, "global" literacy does not exist in an essentialized,pureform, but only emerges as one piece of hybrid literacy practices that are always, necessarily locally constituted.
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In addition, the use of molecular clusters permits the efficient laser heating of many other species that do not readily form clusters in thepureform.
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There are periods when a particular economic system can be observed in a comparativelypureform, when it leaves its mark upon every branch of economic activity.
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An argument to that effect can be made (and inpureformwill only be made) based on the normative background that underpinned the decision the court had made.
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That is, the types of community are not found inpureformin reality, but are combined in many ways in the patterns of social association in which people live.
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