umbrella term
collocation in Englishmeaningsofumbrellaandterm
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umbrella
noun[C]
uk/ʌmˈbrel.ə/us/ʌmˈbrel.ə/
a device for protection against the rain, consisting of a stick with a folding frame covered in material at one end and usually a handle at the other, or a similar, often larger, device used for protection against ...
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term
noun
uk/tɜːm/us/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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However, 'tr ilingual primary education' is just anumbrellaterm.
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Formal thought disorder itself is anumbrellatermwith unsatisfactory explanatory power.
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Syntactic transfer was used as anumbrellatermto refer to any type of language interaction that involved syntactic structures.
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In the broader sense, loanword is anumbrellatermfor both foreign word and loanword in the narrow sense.
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One possibility is that empathy is not a single topic; it is simply anumbrellatermmasquerading as a discrete topic.
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A number of ways of working with people with dementia can be captured under theumbrellatermof person-centred care.
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While these people have usually been categorized as tourists of one type or another, this paper argues that thisumbrellatermis not always appropriate.
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For students seeking an answer to the question 'what is contract law?', the response must be: it is anumbrellatermfor those topics within the textbook.
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Theumbrellaterm"direct mail" incorporates many an enterprise of great substance and moment.
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Historically, theumbrellatermwas billiards.
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Stagecraft is distinct from the widerumbrellatermof scenography.
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The term "health care assistant" has also developed as anumbrellatermfor a variety of staff groups.
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But theumbrellaterm"industry" is well-used and widely accepted and is probably the term that is best understood.
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In my view community education has been greatly strengthened by remaining as anumbrellatermwithin further education.
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Unitary authorities are a common suggestion, but within thatumbrellatermthere are a number of patterns.
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In this paper, we use borrowing as anumbrellatermto refer to words and/or expressions that have been 'acquired' (adopted or adapted) from one language to another.
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All appear implicitly sympathetic to the plight of the excluded, in that theumbrellatermsocial exclusion carries the sense of victims who have been acted upon to their detriment.
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Finally, we have used theumbrellaterm' psychosis ' to include both subclinical experiences reported by individuals in the general population and clinical symptoms reported by patients with psychotic disorders.
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The use of thatumbrellatermshould stand the test of time if further activities of this type come into fashion.
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Often its name served as anumbrellatermfor all such activities.
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The best description for the band's music would perhaps be theumbrellatermalternative metal.
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For example, "cryptology" is anumbrellatermthat encompasses cryptography and cryptanalysis, among other fields.
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Heterodox economics is anumbrellatermused to cover various approaches, schools, or traditions.
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