current state

collocation in English

meaningsofcurrentandstate

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current
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/
us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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state
noun
uk
/steɪt/
us
/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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(Definition ofcurrentandstatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcurrent state

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The volume thus acts as both a useful survey of thecurrentstateof knowledge and a valuable pointer to future research.
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Given thecurrentstate, the action unit produces the action that will be applied next.
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Complexity, thecurrentstateof biological understanding, and computational resource seem to be some of the main problems in doing this.
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Pervasive computing systems are usually interested in both the past and future states of the context, as well as thecurrentstate.
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For example, given itscurrentstateof knowledge, a constraint might have several satisfying points separated by unsatisfactory regions.
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With this formalism, thecurrentstateof negotiation between each pair of negotiating agents in a multidimensional negotiation space has to be represented.
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When a difference between thecurrentstateand goal state was found, a subgoal was produced to eliminate the difference.
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Finally, in section 6, we summarise thecurrentstate-of-the-art and speculate on important directions in argument-oriented research in knowledge engineering.
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At thecurrentstateof development, the model of the hydropower system must be regarded as illustrative as opposed to definitive.
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After describing the difficulties inherent in epidemiological studies, the authors give an overview of thecurrentstateof alcohol and drug use around the world.
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This is somewhat similar to the final, sequential updating mode that also keeps thecurrentstateof the map on record.
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We provide an historical perspective, selectively examine thecurrentstateof knowledge, consider advances and gaps in what is known, and identify new research directions.
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That is, memory performance appears to be more susceptible to factors related to past burden of illness rather thancurrentstate.
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We also increased our appreciation of thecurrentstateof theory development.
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Thecurrentstate(star) has equal distance to both slices.
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For in their common preference of the trees to the forest we learn much about thecurrentstateof social history.
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It remains implicit that - in thecurrentstateof scholarship - we are more likely to notice a textual than a musical graft.
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Under this model, synchrony describes thecurrentstateof the system.
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