close connection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandconnection
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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connection
noun
uk/kəˈnek.ʃən/us/kəˈnek.ʃən/
the state of being related to someone or ...
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(Definition ofcloseandconnectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofclose connection
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This latter question is likely to have acloseconnectionto the understanding of the relationship between fluency and formulaic language use.
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Indeed, before offering a definition, it is worth exploring thecloseconnectionbetween non-coercion and deliberation.
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As might have been expected, there is a rathercloseconnectionbetween the avoidance of fill-in and the maintenance of scarcity.
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One would think so, given thecloseconnectionbetween alchemy and the sulfur-mercury theory.
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The mere fact, however, that shock oscillation and bursting happen at similar frequency indicates acloseconnectionbetween them.
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But even then there is acloseconnectionwith the corresponding knowledge in long term memory, which is usually thought to be descriptive.
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These examples clarify thecloseconnectionbetween the secrecy typing and the linear/affine type discipline.
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Her playfully speculative approach reminds us of thecloseconnectionbetween manager, playwright, and performer in the working theatre.
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In both cases, it is states that create the norms, reflecting thecloseconnectionbetween the norm-making process and the principle of state sovereignty.
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In a global world, there need be nocloseconnectionbetween where money is earned and where it is saved, invested or spent.
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The struggle for power among nations entails acloseconnectionbetween present and future capability in realism too; all states aim for power and self-aggrandisement.
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Since, on account of thecloseconnectionbetween them, the prototypical complement immediately follows the head, extraposition will not be favoured.
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From it follows an acknowledgement of thecloseconnectionbetween context and perceptual categories.
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As a result, we can say that the book demonstrates thecloseconnectionbetween witchcraft and certain kinds of ' indecent ' female traits.
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The specially made techno-shamanic interfaces are used to evoke the mythic powers of traditional rituals and theircloseconnectionto environmental forms.
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Based on our experience, thiscloseconnectionto practice helps convince students of the practicality of the approach.
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In the fides quaerens intellectum-programme there is acloseconnectionbetween natural theology and metaphysics, but these are not autonomous.
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Once we acknowledge the essentiality of force to any informative philosophy of nature, we can realize thecloseconnectionbetween force and soul.
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