top-down approach
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftop-downandapproach
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top-down
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌtɒpˈdaʊn/us/ˌtɑːpˈdaʊn/
used to refer to a situation in which decisions are made by a few people in authority rather than by the people who are affected by ...
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approach
noun
uk/əˈprəʊtʃ/us/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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This approach relieves the problems existing in a bottom-up approach and those in atop-downapproach.
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Second, in the study of consciousness thetop-downapproachshould be of at least as much importance as the bottom-up approach.
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While atop-downapproachwill help listeners develop real-life listening skills, it is not adequate for developing word recognition skills.
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However, atop-downapproachfails to take account of the views of the public who are the potential consumers of services.
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They employ thetop-downapproachto capturing concepts: starting with the most general contexts first and then extending them into specific applications by subclassing.
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For some of the description in a paper like this, atop-downapproachis more suitable.
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As mentioned earlier, the problem with thetop-downapproachis that it is difficult to find out when to stop processing.
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With respect to central control, the agencies in charge of curriculum planning have atop-downapproach.
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Structuring the grammar required a decision on whether to follow a bottom-up ortop-downapproachbecause both seemed possible.
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She proposed atop-downapproachwhere the recursive division of quadrilaterals into one or more quadrilaterals described the analyzed urban layout.
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Thetop-downapproachprovides a centralized form of controlling the design as it progresses from larger to smaller scales.
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The author has chosen atop-downapproach, concentrating on the schematic, monosemous character of the overall poss-category.
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Thetop-downapproachis reflected also in the way parliament votes on the budget.
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It is atop-downapproachthat does not answer whether royal ceremonies actually achieved their desired function.
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Certainly, thistop-downapproachwas still in evidence over the decision to increase the number of primary school classrooms throughout the country.
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