central concept

collocation in English

meaningsofcentralandconcept

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central
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.trəl/us
/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sept/us
/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition ofcentralandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcentral concept

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The problem in modern neuroscience is a paradigmatic one that can be traced to itscentralconceptof neural processing.
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This commentary interprets their argument using acentralconceptfrom life history theory, return from investment.
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Thecentralconceptis breach of promise in marriage or marriage situations - and all the subsidary information leads into that.
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Thecentralconceptis a notion of a sub-resonance relation which is an appropriate generalization of the notion of resonance between eigenvalues.
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This article focuses on a specific and particularlycentralconceptderived from organizational thought-namely, that of autonomy, which implies self-regulation.
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Thecentralconceptwhich could bring the two closer together is the social model of disability.
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That different cultural artifacts respond to acentralconceptshould not surprise us.
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Property is acentralconceptfor all forms of conservatism.
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This elegantly simple paper is not matched in its relevance to the topic by the other writers, each of whom interprets thecentralconceptdifferently.
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The post-editor was instructed to mark as unworthy items which required too much revision or did not ask about acentralconcept.
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Collocation is acentralconceptin cor pus linguistics, which well motivates a special chapter.
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For much of the 1960s, 1970s and the early 1980s, ' popular reformation ' was acentralconceptof interpretation and research.
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Thus, the approach offers regionalism as acentralconceptwith which to combat globalisation.
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Thecentralconceptinvolved is not easy to define.
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It thus seems critical to have clarity about the meaning of thiscentralconceptin psychological development.
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Thecentralconceptof the matching law is that choices and behavior preferences reflect the relative rate of reinforcement one receives for that behavior.
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Onecentralconceptin life history theory, return from investment, could be incorporated more thoroughly here.
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Construction of the process of recognizing and dealing with uncertainty is a complex andcentralconceptin community nursing.
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Our theoretical model includes onecentralconcept: the agenda.
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For our question, the median voter is thecentralconcept.
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