definite trend

collocation in English

meaningsofdefiniteandtrend

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definite
adjective
uk
/ˈdef.ɪ.nət/us
/ˈdef.ən.ət/
fixed, certain, ...
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trend
noun[C]
uk
/trend/us
/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofdefiniteandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The error between theory and experiment shown in figure 6 shows nodefinitetrend.
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The survey indicates adefinitetrendaway from this practice towards the use of alternative methods including spray showers, pour-on formulations and injectable compounds.
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Moreover, these rotations exhibit adefinitetrend, and cannot be attributed to measurement noise.
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It is, therefore, impossible to discern adefinitetrendin the figures.
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Here, again, there is no uniform policy, but there is adefinitetrendtowards improvement.
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Nevertheless, adefinitetrendtowards disposable packaging is being perpetuated by the move towards mass selling.
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The full figures will give thedefinitetrend, when it is possible to arrive at them.
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When we look back on the history of these various schemes as they have been introduced, we see a gradual butdefinitetrendfrom a centralised to a looser structure.
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There is adefinitetrendto build residential accommodation, and, rather than spoil the country with new housing estates, it is good that this should be done.
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I select 1941 in particular because it is from that date that we recognise adefinitetrendof events which is germane to our consideration of the present problem.
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Farms are also very much better equipped, both with fixed equipment and with machinery, and there is adefinitetrendtowards higher yields; the output per worker also has increased.
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None the less, there are certain definite trends which can be followed out with regard to real wages.
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They can see no definite trends of policy along which their salvation can come.
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