basic distinction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicanddistinction
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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distinction
noun
uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a difference between two ...
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(Definition ofbasicanddistinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thebasicdistinctionis whether these languages are regular or not.
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Thebasicdistinctionbetween mobilizable resources (social capital) and resources actually used needs to be maintained.
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Thebasicdistinctionto be made is that between the semantic and the nonsemantic criteria.
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As shown in table 4, thebasicdistinctionis one of morpho-syntactic number.
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Thebasicdistinctionis that between strongly and weakly declined forms.
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Thebasicdistinctionto consider in this case is between correlation and causation.
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Abasicdistinctionconcerns whether one is interested in the cells or just in their borders.
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In the world of games, one has thebasicdistinctionbetween games and strategies.
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In security analysis, thebasicdistinctionis between unclassified information and classified (secret) information.
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That is thebasicdistinction.
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At the topmost level, thebasicdistinctionemployed with respect to functions is that between head and dependent.
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Abasicdistinctionis made between model-based and descriptive methods, although the borderline is not always that clear.
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To test this idea, we looked at the mostbasicdistinctionin function, that between consonant and vowel.
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He failed to make thatbasicdistinction.
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Thatbasicdistinctionis subject to one qualification.
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That is thebasicdistinctionbetween the two.
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Certainly there is a verybasicdistinctionbetween the two.
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Thebasicdistinctionin these approaches is not between mathematical syntax and semantics but rather between structure and function, symbol and meaning, signifier and signified.
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A wider realisation of even thisbasicdistinctionmight reduce the current tendency to label all older patients as a major health service problem.
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Thebasicdistinctionremains: in the localist model, it will still be possible to interpret the state of a given node independent of the states of other nodes.
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It is precisely at this point that a metaphysicalbasicdistinction, which dominates the whole system, takes effect once again - that of the opposition of potency and act.
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Thebasicdistinctionis that older speakers (except the non-professional males) tend to use the rounded version and younger speakers (except the professional females) the unrounded version.
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That is a verybasicdistinctionin the social security perspective.
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