specific situation

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandsituation

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofspecificandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecific situation

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Repeated trials of this kind afford participants the opportunity to learn how their own choices interact with those of other players in aspecificsituation.
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These metaphors are arrived at by both the practitioner and the client in thespecificsituation.
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Face strategies should be applied considering the relative weight of each of these dimensions in aspecificsituationin a particular culture.
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Everywhere it takes over, unnoticed, the deadly sad role that fell to it in the time and thespecificsituationof the silent films.
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Decisions can only be based on intelligently weighing the various arguments for eachspecificsituation.
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Because data are gathered in close proximity of aspecificsituation, influences of the local context can be taken into account.
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This result is quite general, but applying it to aspecificsituationrequires a calculation.
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Question 11 asked about trust in general but in a morespecificsituation.
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We learn both by storing schema-assemblages (memory of aspecificsituationand course of behavior) and by tuning extant schemas.
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Repeated trials afford participants the opportunity to learn how their own choices interact with those of other players in thatspecificsituation.
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Nevertheless, this volume is a considerable contribution to the understanding of thespecificsituation of the empire in the first half of the seventh century.
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Question 12 asked about trust in aspecificsituation.
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Next, problems were analyzed from a knowledge perspective, and solutions were identified and tailored to thespecificsituation.
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In aspecificsituationthe emphasis may be more on one characteristic and less on another.
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Secondly, where aspecificsituationis mentioned, it is not necessarily referred to in other descriptors.
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It is only possible to model the behavior of one given interaction in aspecificsituationat a given moment with given constraints.
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In addition, little or no support is provided in the pedagogies for how genre schemas must be revised to meet the demands of aspecificsituation.
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When accounting for this type of request, the care recipient ties the request to thespecificsituation she is in, at the moment in which the request is produced.
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