suitable medium

collocation in English

meaningsofsuitableandmedium

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suitable
adjective
uk
/ˈsuː.tə.bəl/us
/ˈsuː.t̬ə.bəl/
acceptable or right for someone ...
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medium
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmiː.di.əm/us
/ˈmiː.di.əm/
a method or way of ...
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(Definition ofsuitableandmediumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuitable medium

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Besides, it was a moresuitablemediumfor splicing and editing.
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If small enough replicator molecules exist, they may form by chance in asuitablemediumof modest mass with a probability y1.
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That report would be a moresuitablemediumfor detailing the rules committee work than a stand-alone report.
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I have never felt that housing is asuitablemediumfor the mechanism of the private market.
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There is, of course, danger in exposing any foodstuff which is asuitablemediumfor infecting bacteria.
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I think he mentioned 1921, and said that the cost of production was not asuitablemedium.
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It is very far from proved that contract building is in any case asuitablemediumfor house building.
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Secondly, we need an outlook in the unions and those concerned with them so that they can organise themselves into asuitablemediumto get a high-wage and low-cost economy.
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In practice, most aromatherapists use small amounts of essential oils diluted in asuitablemedium, applied directly to the body by massaging the skin with the blend.
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Photography seemed to be a moresuitablemediumfor the pace of travel.
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From the seventies on, he thought of recorded electroacoustic music as the onlysuitablemediumfor his creative ideas.
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However, a substrate of somewhat moistened, decayed leaves and wood should still be provided in order to create asuitablemediumfor larval growth.
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The cartridge intended to teach programming using its keypad controllers, which was not really asuitablemediumof input for programming.
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