slow start

collocation in English

meaningsofslowandstart

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slow
adjective
uk
/sləʊ/
us
/sloʊ/
moving, happening, or doing something without ...
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start
noun
uk
/stɑːt/
us
/stɑːrt/
the beginning ...
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(Definition ofslowandstartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslow start

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We show that, after aslowstart, private pension plans took off very quickly.
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The media and the public both groused over theslowstart.
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Nonetheless, research on the effects of depression on memory seems to have gotten off to aslowstart.
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They made a veryslowstart.
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It has had a veryslowstart.
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We have made aslowstartin this debate.
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After aslowstart, that relationship is fast improving.
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That we welcome, but it is aslowstart.
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There was aslowstartin this process.
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This includes finding the better combinations of < 1 and 0 < c < 1 but also includes study of desirable values of the "slowstartthreshold" parameter.
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The findings reveal that, after aslowstart, the tutees' rates of self-correction began to rise, indicating improvements in reading skills.
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The above might be useful, for example, in protocols using a "slow startlike" mechanisms, in choosing the analog of a "slowstartthreshold" parameter value.
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I suggest that theslowstartis actually a practice period, during which the child may show a relatively strong propensity for making word order errors.
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I think he must agree that they have made a veryslowstart.
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The local education authorities, after a necessarilyslowstart, had got into gear.
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After aslowstart, education authorities were quick to take advantage of it.
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After an initiallyslowstart, it increased the number of summonses to 1,000 a week.
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There was aslowstart; but we are proceeding, with a measure of success.
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After aslowstart, the agency is now improving its performance month by month.
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After aslowstart, the early years team is now working extremely hard.
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It was inevitable that there should be aslowstartafter the war-time dislocation.
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It got off to aslowstartand more money was needed.
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This is a modest scheme which has got off to a disappointinglyslowstart.
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Similarly, after a disappointinglyslowstart, the machine tool industry scheme has become another major success.
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I wish to make progress, because complaints have been made about theslowstart.
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