certain kind
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcertainandkind
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certain
adjective
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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kind
noun[C]
uk/kaɪnd/us/kaɪnd/
a group with similar characteristics, or a ...
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(Definition ofcertainandkindfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No value or faith unilaterally dictate acertainkindof punishment.
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After all, a main task is to debunk acertainkindof critic.
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It merely claims that if certain phenomena did occur, acertainkindof explanation of them would be probably true.
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The connections between genus and species, or species under the same genus, in the first three types of metaphor involve acertainkindof similarity.
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He argues that judges have acertainkindof shared intention that knits together their activities into a shared action.
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Our conclusions need to be of acertainkindfor us to be genuine advocates and not merely one more special interest group.
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The norms of acertainkindof experimental practice were now equated with the essential structure of the social reality to be investigated.
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But mobile communication also makes possible acertainkindof private interaction in the work domain as well as in public spaces.
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When a person undertakes a responsibility of acertainkind, x, he is only bound to accept the duties of that kind.
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We surely have to identify a certain concept that conceptualises color as acertainkindof property.
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But only insofar as these objects play a role in acertainkindof process.
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He points out that acertainkindof relativism threatens when we attempt to provide a historical description of an event.
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What is the most efficient and illuminating technique for solving acertainkindof problem in the discipline?
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Rather, it is to exist in acertainkindof environment - namely, in an environment that is so glorious that it warrants supreme happiness.
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Or do you feel acertainkindof bond with other contemporary composers?
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And yet the results of intervention of acertainkindare predictably bad, as they endanger a better future of which we have foreknowledge.
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I can identify four 'moods' or modes of writing; each reflects acertainkindof knowledge we hope to convey.
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There is, however, acertainkindof thing which characteristically puts stuff into bags in supermarkets.
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A predicate denotes a constant property observable in the world, such as greenness, roundness, or the complex property of being acertainkindof bird.
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