definite sense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdefiniteandsense
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definite
adjective
uk/ˈdef.ɪ.nət/us/ˈdef.ən.ət/
fixed, certain, ...
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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(Definition ofdefiniteandsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Although it uses a wide variety of instrumental techniques entirely seriously, there is also adefinitesenseof f un beneath the surface.
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The proof systems studied here have been concerned exclusively with showing that two cyclic objects are equivalent in adefinitesense.
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Many of these propositions are stated in the expression ó, which literally means "are reciprocal" without adefinitesenseof proportionality.
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I do not wish to say that in any controversial or in anydefinitesense.
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There were indeed many among them with adefinitesenseof panic.
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Every human being has adefinitesenseof fear of death, and the more intelligent animals have that fear as well.
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There is adefinitesenseof apathy and even of mistrust.
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There is adefinitesenseof injustice and grievance about a real problem which will not go away unless something is done.
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They are value for money in a verydefinitesense, and they provide work for a large section of the community.
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The public can have adefinitesenseof security in them.
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These terms carry with them the verydefinitesenseof administering or controlling functions relevant to the person concerned.
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We are legislating to-night in a verydefinitesensefor posterity.
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Surely, it is of all things most desirable that when members sign their willingness to subscribe to the political levy they shall do so with adefinitesenseof responsibility.
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He's cerebral and philosophical, yet bursting with confidence at the same time, which lends adefinitesenseof excitement to his literate wordplay.
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Final filming is more traditional asdefinitesenseof story, action and dialogue is then in place.
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