widespread recognition

collocation in English

meaningsofwidespreadandrecognition

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widespread
adjective
uk
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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recognition
noun
uk
/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
agreement that something is true ...
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There seems now to be an increasing andwidespreadrecognitionthat spectral music is one of the defining areas of late 20th-century musical thought.
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Widespreadrecognitionof the need for new ways of reconceptualising (theorising about) our understanding of pupils' experience is long overdue.
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The key to suchwidespreadrecognitionwas in its mobilization power.
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There is nowwidespreadrecognitionthat we have to "develop acceptable ways of resolving the tension between increasing demands and limited public financial resources" (25).
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The association of preeclampsia with long term cardiovascular risk including the appearance of hypertension and ischaemic heart disease114-116 is gainingwidespreadrecognition.
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While the music and the novels have receivedwidespreadrecognition, the poetry has never caught on outside committed enclaves.
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However, another explanation is thewidespreadrecognition, evident among those women cited here, that parental concern for their welfare was often paramount.
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In one branch of this historiography the law of nature and nations has earnedwidespreadrecognition owing to its being mistakenly considered as an exclusively scholastic trend.
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There is nowwidespreadrecognitionthat nurses provide a multi-faceted contribution to the rehabilitation process, with an educative role being one of the most frequently cited.
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There iswidespreadrecognitionof the world community wishing to make its contribution to the multinational effort in whichever way it feels appropriate.
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There iswidespreadrecognition, across the political spectrum, that the current arrangements for funding long-term care of the elderly are both unsatisfactory and unfair.
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The public's response demonstrated first awidespreadrecognitionof the need for welfare reform, and secondly, endorsement of our approach.
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There iswidespreadrecognitionthat the structure is over-elaborate and cumbersome, which has hampered decision-making.
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There was awidespreadrecognitionof the need for major surgery.
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We got here through awidespreadrecognition—after 30 years of death and pain and misery—of the futility of violence.
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I believe that there iswidespreadrecognitionthroughout the country of the need for a temporary standstill in incomes.
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There iswidespreadrecognitionthat such cases present particular difficulty for several reasons.
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On the contrary, there iswidespreadrecognitionthat the other place acts as a reservoir for extensive talent, knowledge and commitment.
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We have heard of thewidespreadrecognitionthat there is of the power and influence of television, and to a lesser extent of radio.
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