accurate comparison

collocation in English

meaningsofaccurateandcomparison

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accurate
adjective
uk
/ˈæk.jə.rət/
us
/ˈæk.jɚ.ət/
correct, exact, and without ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/
us
/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofaccurateandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Furthermore, accounting for these variations in the degree of adoption allows for a moreaccuratecomparisonof the cumulative rejection rates of directives.
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Since our theory is only valid for the small gap limit, a moreaccuratecomparisonwith the experimental results is not possible.
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Constraints toaccuratecomparisonof source- and sink-based approaches are identified, and the implications for yield forecasting are discussed.
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A standardized approach would allowaccuratecomparisonof studies.
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There is a need for objective systems of measurement which are appropriate to old age and that will allow anaccuratecomparisonof outcomes between groups.
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Differences in national classification systems makeaccuratecomparisondifficult and the relationship between prices in different countries varies from week to week.
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I have not the material that would enable me to draw anaccuratecomparison.
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It is not possible to make a strictlyaccuratecomparisonbetween the costs in the different hospitals.
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I recognise that that was not a veryaccuratecomparison.
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A moreaccuratecomparisonin matters of political faith would be with matters of religious faith.
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No information about numbers employed on export work was collected before the war, and it is therefore impossible to make anaccuratecomparison.
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Although anaccuratecomparisoncannot be made, administrative costs today are probably 10 times greater.
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It is extremely difficult to get anaccuratecomparisonfor the future generation of electricity, by coal or by nuclear stations.
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Complete information on which to base anaccuratecomparisonis not available.
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So they are very nearly similar when anaccuratecomparisonis made.
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Differences in national classification systems makeaccuratecomparisondifficult, and the relationship between prices in different countries varies from week to week.
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That is not anaccuratecomparisonat all.
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Anaccuratecomparisonof the intrinsic noise of various types postulates standardised operating techniques and conditions and sophisticated measurement and correction procedures.
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Does he agree that a moreaccuratecomparisonwould be with the deregulation of buses?
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