changing position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchangingandposition
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changing
adjective
uk/ˈtʃeɪn.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈtʃeɪn.dʒɪŋ/
in a state of ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofchangingandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Changingpositioncan relieve it.
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Many also reflect thechangingposition, and perhaps loyalties, of local monks and clergy.
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Such is ourchangingposition.
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This is achangingposition.
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Therefore, there is a fastchangingposition.
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On the one hand, it infers that thechangingpositionand behavior of some women identifies them as the "new" men.
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The path of each robot was planned based on thechangingpositionof the other robots and moving obstacles, and the position of stationary obstacles.
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The path of each robot is planned based on thechangingpositionof the other robots and the position of stationary and moving obstacles.
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The percentagechangingpositionnever dips below 33 per cent, regularly exceeds 50 per cent, and occasionally tops 60 per cent.
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The audience members become co-creators of their experience through interaction with the sound field that they modulate by moving andchangingposition.
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Both works under discussion here draw similar conclusions about thechangingpositionof the urban elite during the early modern period, despite their different emphases (political and social).
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But undoubtedly thechangingpositionand aspirations of women have created great strains within the family.
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They are therefore not being deleted from the report, but simplychangingposition.
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The world has moved on, and we have to adjust ourselves to thechangingposition.
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Every robot considers the other robots of the group as moving obstacles and plans its path based on thechangingpositionof the other robots and stationary and moving obstacles.
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The modified system of self-regulation will deal with achangingposition, whose main principles and features are quite unpredictable.
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At the end of the day he weighed up the case and answered the debate bychangingposition.
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It described the existing system of relief and explained why it was no longer suited to thechangingposition.
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The miners are facing thechangingpositionwith the same fortitude, patience and courage as they displayed years before, when coal was in high demand.
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Within its five pages, the changes are minimal and insufficient to fulfil the statement to me that it would reflect thechangingposition.
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In view of the rapidlychangingpositionin shopping and retail distribution, does he not think that some more sophisticated methods are needed?
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