defining aspect

collocation in English

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defining
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfaɪ.nɪŋ/us
/dɪˈfaɪ.nɪŋ/
A defining moment, feature, etc. is so important that it is or becomes part of the basic meaning or description of ...
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aspect
noun
uk
/ˈæs.pekt/us
/ˈæs.pekt/
one part of a situation, problem, ...
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Thedefiningaspectof the category is still the directionality of the speakers and the restriction placed on the viewer's position.
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Our aim in this article is to identify, explicate and analyse what we take to be an important anddefiningaspectof conservatism.
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The outward visible form was thedefiningaspectof any description and was thought to constitute a supraordinate connection across disparate phenomena.
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Likewise, the presence of an implicit agent is not to be considered adefiningaspectof middles.
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Contemporary commentary suggested that the lexicon, more than syntax or even morphology, was thedefiningaspectof language in determining bivalency.
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The discovery and examination of such processes amounts for these critics to a denial of subjectivity : the performance is made thedefiningaspectof human nature.
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Garden space, no matter how small, was an essential feature of the suburban house, and the front garden was a more or lessdefiningaspectof suburbia.
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Thedefiningaspectof this type of game is the use of wooden blocks for the units.
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Critics agree that the mostdefiningaspectof a concept musical is its use of theme.
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Furthermore, these earlier novels all carry a certain seriousness of attitudeanother importantdefiningaspectof modernist art.
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The games are categorized based on their primarydefiningaspect, though some might fit into other categories as well.
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The concept of ludology refers to the study of the videogame medium in terms of its defining aspects, such as game rule and mechanics.
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Most importantly, timba bassists stop and start their tumbaos, one of the defining aspects of timba gears.
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One of the game's most defining aspects is the ability to pluck vegetables from the ground to throw at enemies.
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The balances and distinctions among the five colors form one of the defining aspects of the game.
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