adequate knowledge
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadequateandknowledge
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adequate
adjective
uk/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
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knowledge
noun
uk/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofadequateandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofadequate knowledge
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Do teachers haveadequateknowledgeof children's vocal development?
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This data would suggest that women have high expectations of surgery in the absence ofadequateknowledgeof other treatment options.
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In the absence ofadequateknowledgeof net benefits, rates actually applied depend on what investors ask for.
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Both the speaker and recipient must possessadequateknowledgeof the standard names and categories - for example, photocopies, double-sided, lamination - for the objects in question.
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Their chief subordinates are in general local amateurs with no training in intelligence duties noradequateknowledgeof military, naval, air or political affairs.
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The aim of the compilation is to provide electrical engineers withadequateknowledgeof computational techniques for analysing and understanding complicated data sets.
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Similarly, withadequateknowledgeof a completely closed system, it is possible to infer backward from a given state to its initial conditions.
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Withoutadequateknowledge, carers will be deterred from asking to be assessed.
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Furthermore, few haveadequateknowledgeof this complex issue as it relates to end-of-life care and its implications for individuals and families.
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The challenge now is to obtainadequateknowledgeof the dynamic coupling of these mechanisms in simulated yet realistic geometries to represent them.
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Physician-related barriers, such as the failure to acquireadequateknowledgeof pain assessment and management and the fear of regulatory oversight, were discussed above.
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What he has never been able to do is to decide what destiny to choose withadequateknowledgeof what his decision entailed.
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This will ensureadequateknowledgeand practical skills for the management of this often difficult group of patients.
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that many people might not have anadequateknowledgeor understanding of financial planning.
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Withoutadequateknowledge, patients cannot exercise their personal autonomy or provide informed consent.
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Respondents in this category (125% males and 207% females) may include those who lackadequateknowledgeof contraceptives.
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The former problem may originate from a lack ofadequateknowledgeor expertise, or from the inability of people to estimate numerical values correctly and to grade their preferences numerically.
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Adequateknowledgeto care for patients effectively?
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Sidgwick says here only that common-sense morality 'may' be perfectly adequate for practice, so his claim can at most be that it 'may' provide us withadequateknowledge.
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