defining quality

collocation in English

meaningsofdefiningandquality

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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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quality
noun
uk
/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
how good or bad ...
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(Definition ofdefiningandqualityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Visual imagery is perhaps the mostdefiningqualityof dream mentation.
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Some authors view organizational culture as an "attribute" or adefiningqualityof an organization.
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And syntax was taken to be thedefiningqualityof human linguistic ability.
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Furthermore,definingqualityin terms of user performance is troublesome.
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Welshness remains, in some ways and for some people, an essential anddefiningquality, not only an authentic experience but an authenticating one.
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This means that they should be at the centre of the process of measuring anddefiningqualityof life.
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Indeed, this is thedefiningqualityof its value.
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Lawton also saw the person-environment system as fundamental todefiningqualityof life.
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Increasingly, we aredefiningqualityin terms of the experience of those receiving the service.
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It has to be said that the professional bodies are enormously helpful when, for example, it comes todefiningqualitythresholds.
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Preserved repetition is adefiningqualityof all transcortical aphasias.
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Thedefiningqualityof her style of writing is the sensuality and simplicity she uses.
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It promotes olive oil around the world by tracking production,definingqualitystandards, and monitoring authenticity.
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For example,definingqualityhealth care is problematic, as is defining a quality education.
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However, their community service was their most impressive anddefiningquality.
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Thedefiningqualityof this form is the concept of four gates, with four pillars or other supporting structures placed at the corners marking the divisions between them.
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Nilesdefiningqualityamong his fans is his charismatic spirit.
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Meaning in this sense is used to argue that since existence has no higher state of "reality", which is arguably its necessary anddefiningquality, existence itself means nothing.
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