verbal description
collocation in Englishmeaningsofverbalanddescription
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verbal
adjective
uk/ˈvɜː.bəl/us/ˈvɝː.bəl/
spoken rather ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofverbalanddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofverbal description
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However, an examination of theverbaldescriptionof this part of the model and its mathematical implementation reveals a number of problems with this approach.
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Training included the sequential presentation of category members (visual learning) andverbaldescriptionof categories.
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The examiner read the question aloud to the child, who was asked to select the drawing that matched theverbaldescription.
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We point to problems with both theverbaldescriptionof this mechanism and its computational implementation in the simulation.
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Its advantage is that it forces precise specification of theoretical accounts, avoiding the vagueness that is almost inevitable with averbaldescription.
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The performance of the patients improved markedly afterverbaldescriptionof categories.
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Theverbaldescriptionof categories resulted in a marked improvement in the patients.
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The relationship between visual learning andverbaldescriptionwas also investigated.
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She thus appears to use two forms of reference, ostension andverbaldescription, to refer to her originals.
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Often in the text there is averbaldescriptionof a complex process without the "schemes" that would clarify the steps of the operation.
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It basically contains averbaldescriptionof an expert system.
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A two-dimensional image, then, gives rise to two impossible representations: theverbaldescriptionand the three-dimensional form.
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Upon initial approach, patients were given averbaldescriptionof the study, were informed that participation was optional, and were invited to take part.
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Hisverbaldescriptionof the process of urban expansion outshines any surviving pictorial or cartographic representation, and lends itself to modern analysis.
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Unlike in the previous excerpts, this employee substitutes not a term, but instead a minimalverbaldescription(line 21).
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He uses a multi-modal depiction consisting of averbaldescriptionand an iconic hand gesture (lines 22-26).
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However, for the kind of consultation considered here, the level of uncertainty can tax powers ofverbaldescriptioninto the extreme.
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Theverbaldescriptionand the hand gesture in relation to the originals elaborate each other.
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Rather, it was a form of consciousness not immediately amenable toverbaldescription.
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The above paragraphs remind us that averbaldescriptionof a computational model is not the same as a fully implemented and running model.
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