solitary activity

collocation in English

meaningsofsolitaryandactivity

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solitary
adjective
uk
/ˈsɒl.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈsɑː.lə.ter.i/
A solitary person or thing is the only person or thing in ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofsolitaryandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was used to confirm the division of activity into informal, formal andsolitaryactivitydimensions.
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The results revealed that when social relationship quality was excluded, informal activity positively associated with wellbeing, and that neither formal norsolitaryactivityrelated to wellbeing.
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The meal had even less joined attention, but that was to be expected given that much of the rating period chosen for this analysis necessarily involves asolitaryactivity(eating).
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Lemon et al. (1972) subsequently published an axiomatic statement of the activity theory of ageing in which they divided the phenomenon into three distinct realms: informal, formal andsolitaryactivity.
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Originally, woodcarving was asolitaryactivitywith all aspects done by one person, usually a male.
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Our results indicate that solitary activities with objects are often accompanied by an acoustically distinct set of vocalizations in infants around one year of age.
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According to this hypothesis, herding (which is asolitaryactivity) should be more closely tied to the culture of honor than farming (which is a cooperative activity).
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Formal and solitary activities were also unrelated to life satisfaction.
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His love of being outdoors led him also to more solitary activities such as bass fishing and skateboarding.
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They often take pleasure in solitary activities such as reading, writing, using computers, hiking and fishing.
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They argued that relation of solitary activities to feelings of loneliness and life satisfaction depends on whether individuals feel autonomous rather than controlled about spending time alone.
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