sophisticated machine
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsophisticatedandmachine
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sophisticated
adjective
uk/səˈfɪs.tɪ.keɪ.tɪd/us/səˈfɪs.tə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/
having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture ...
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machine
noun[C]
uk/məˈʃiːn/us/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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(Definition ofsophisticatedandmachinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Therefore, for another implementation we developed a lesssophisticatedmachine-learning program that shifts some of the work from the system to the informant.
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I accept also that larger and moresophisticatedmachinetools could well be considered if they are in the educational interest of the colleges.
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With it the organisation has boughtsophisticatedmachinetools and it runs courses in general engineering.
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Here it is, producing a high technology,sophisticatedmachinethat can sell well on the world market.
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Too few of the mostsophisticatedmachinetools in factories are designed and developed in this country.
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This reveals a sad decline for a nation that once led the world in the production ofsophisticatedmachinetools.
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Some sections of it are proceeding with modernisation, andsophisticatedmachinetools are being produced.
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However, there may be a role for a skilled operator with a moresophisticatedmachine; we do not rule it out.
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Why should there be launching aid for civil airliners and not forsophisticatedmachinetools, new generations of computers, the latest electronic communication systems or, indeed, any other advanced project?
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In the final analysis, the governance of this country is onesophisticatedmachineconsisting of many components, and if they do not work together, the system does not work well.
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It is asophisticatedmachinewith a rotating drum that moves mechanically back and forth across a wide coal seam.
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These men should be trained as fully and effectively as possible on what are extremely highly sophisticated machines.
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The templates, without which these sophisticated machines could not be made, frequently cost less than £25.
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It has been exported to many countries and it compares favourably in performance and price with many overseas competitors making sophisticated machines.
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They will be sophisticated machines, which do not currently exist.
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I was told that that small firm can turn out in one day more than 1,000 tapes because of the sophisticated machines that it uses.
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Such a sum will not buy many sophisticated machines designed to facilitate other types of farming.
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