decreasing importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdecreasingandimportance
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decreasing
adjective
uk/dɪˈkriː.sɪŋ/us/dɪˈkriː.sɪŋ/
mathematicsspecialized
In a decreasing list of numbers or amounts, each number or amount is less than the ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofdecreasingandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This was due to thedecreasingimportanceof fishing in the middle of the century.
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Each line is discussed in order ofdecreasingimportance.
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The declining frequency with which marriage contracts were recorded points to thedecreasingimportance of marriage as a vehicle for property transmission.
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Most likely, this is a consequence of thedecreasingimportanceof precautionary balances as individuals approach retirement.
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The future for industrial manpower seems to me to be one ofdecreasingimportancefor those who do not possess first-class skills.
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I ask this particularly in view of thedecreasingimportanceof yield in regard to agricultural production.
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Is it thedecreasingimportanceof religion in our lives?
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I very much hope that the trend towards thedecreasingimportanceof school sport can be turned round.
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Although with the passing of time it may be thought that the events and concerns of 25 years ago are ofdecreasingimportanceand significance, justice is timeless.
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For instance, there is the possibility of thedecreasingimportanceof timber or the more advantageous use of a particular piece of land from the agricultural point of view.
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This form of structure is sometimes called the inverted pyramid, to refer to thedecreasingimportanceof information in subsequent paragraphs.
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Agriculture, especially the cultivation of alfalfa, hay, and winter wheat is ofdecreasingimportance.
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