specific individual
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandindividual
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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individual
noun[C]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which ...
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(Definition ofspecificandindividualfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This will name aspecificindividualto take over decision-making if mental incapacity supervenes.
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By cognitive identity is meant that which precedes thespecificindividualtheories or methods that a discipline works with.
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It was assumed that data across individuals could be used to estimate the set of attainable activities for aspecificindividual.
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Even when aspecificindividualimposed prohibitive agreements on the community, it was the people who punished violators, not the one who conferred the agreement.
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If risk factors were known, the probability of cure for aspecificindividualcould be determined and well-informed treatment decisions could be made.
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In the case of local activation and/or inhibition not the complete subsystem butspecificindividualrepresentations in it are affected.
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At its best, advance care planning goes beyond consideringspecificindividualtreatment options.
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Aspecificindividual(or individuals) will be named to take over decision-making if mental incapacity supervenes.
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The data currently available do not reveal anyspecificindividualrisk factors for back pain.
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It may be overly general to ask about "coping with a life-threatening illness," rather than inquiring more concretely intospecificindividualproblems.
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Everything happens as though the design was a code that comes to life and blossoms in the organic nature of aspecificindividual.
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In addition tospecificindividualdifferences, there are also gender and cultural differences in autobiographical reports.
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We decided early on that our project would require separate streams of geographicallyspecificindividualdata variables over time.
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Providers may thus not have the incentive to tailor the services they supply tospecificindividualcircumstances.
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Heterogeneous populations may present difficulties in group environments and treatment programmes need to address patients'specificindividualgoals.
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So the point is not that thespecificindividualcould have done otherwise at the time but that thespecificindividualcould have done otherwise in general.
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