close attention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandattention
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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attention
noun[U]
uk/əˈten.ʃən/us/əˈten.ʃən/
notice, thought, ...
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(Definition ofcloseandattentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofclose attention
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Readers should paycloseattentionto these passages.
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Whatever its label, the subject deservescloseattention.
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When considering the closure condition, an alternative meritscloseattention.
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We need also to paycloseattentionto the intents, expectations, and goals of the patient.
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The proposed account payscloseattentionto both verbs and constructions.
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If you have been payingcloseattention, you will know that nobody actually asked this question.
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Payscloseattentionwhen someone tells her 0 him how to do something.
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Throughout, his argument is a forceful one and deservescloseattention.
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Utilizing such interdisciplinary models and payingcloseattentionto the music are perfectly compatible.
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They tend to make careless mistakes, and are not good at payingcloseattentionto detail.
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Instead,closeattentionshould be paid to symptoms and specific disease-related precautions.
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From 1987 it paidcloseattentionto developing its therapeutic programmes and hospital departments.
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The reason for our reinterpretation is founded oncloseattentionto research design and methodology.
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Clearly the role of these factors, although unaddressed here, meritscloseattentionin future work. 28.
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However, the intra-generational redistribution of pension reforms also deserves acloseattention.
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If we don't want to be left behind, we had better paycloseattention.
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But he gavecloseattentionto any request for his opinion, sometimes replying in writing.
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This shows that data mining must paycloseattentionto computational efficiency and simple models are often preferred.
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It was held that listening was a core musical competence whose fostering requiredcloseattentionand special training.
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It requirescloseattentionto all the different levels likely to explain the dynamics the researcher seeks to explain.
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Overall, we were struck by the diversity of expressions and the importance of payingcloseattentionat an individual level.
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Delivering care will involve skilled nursing and maximizing patient comfort, withcloseattentionto pressure areas, limb positioning and transfers.
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The foregoing discussion shows that, although downright is a low-frequency intensifier, its history is nevertheless worthy ofcloseattention.
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First, this research urges scholars and policy-makers to paycloseattentionto the context in which participation takes place.
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