specific question

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandquestion

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofspecificandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecific question

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Aspecificquestionwas asked of the participants.
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In this context, thespecificquestionwe address in this paper is the following.
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Using only nonverbal means of reference occurs almost exclusively in thespecificquestioncondition.
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The wording of the test question was not changed in thespecificquestioncondition.
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Beyond thespecificquestionof planning, this attempt to measure the principal demographic indicators has proved very useful.
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The open-ended andspecificquestionanalyses were rerun eliminating those children who failed to remember the event.
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This finding further supports the idea that thespecificquestioncondition is different from the other two.
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The remarks about work recorded here were therefore produced spontaneously, without anyspecificquestionbeing asked on that subject.
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The open-ended andspecificquestionanalyses were rerun, eliminating those children who failed to remember the event.
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Myspecificquestionis this.
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I have anotherspecificquestion.
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He asked aspecificquestion.
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That is aspecificquestion.
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I ask thespecificquestion.
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That is myspecificquestion.
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I ask thisspecificquestion.
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This is aspecificquestion.
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That was myspecificquestion.
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I put thatspecificquestion.
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It is aspecificquestion.
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That was aspecificquestion.
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That was herspecificquestion.
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All of which raises thespecificquestionin teacher education of what the role of schools can be in learning to teach.
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