definite view

collocation in English

meaningsofdefiniteandview

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definite
adjective
uk
/ˈdef.ɪ.nət/us
/ˈdef.ən.ət/
fixed, certain, ...
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view
noun
uk
/vjuː/us
/vjuː/
an opinion, belief, or idea, or a way of thinking ...
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(Definition ofdefiniteandviewfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdefinite view

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No matter how hard we try to stop the bomber, we are not, a priori, committed to a verydefiniteviewof how the long run will play out.
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The onlydefiniteviewone could reach is that no decision is more obviously amenable to judicial review than that.
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There are other chief superintendents who have a verydefiniteviewas to the duty they have to the public in this respect.
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They take the quitedefiniteviewthat the work of the agents is not nearly so rosy as it is often painted.
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I think there are advantages at this present time, in this difficult and amorphous subject, in taking adefiniteview.
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Possibly they felt at that time that the proposal was too vague to allow them to form anydefiniteviewat all.
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This issue is much too important for one not to express adefinitevieweither for or against it.
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It is not yet ready to firm this up or to reach adefiniteviewon the longer-term implications.
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So important was that issue that every party had a mostdefiniteviewon it.
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We are unanimous in expressing thedefiniteviewthat the law should be so changed as to obviate the continuance of the present practice.
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My own doubt was whether it was possible to get anydefiniteviewas to what was likely to happen.
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We think there are not enough facts to enable us to express adefiniteviewone way or the other.
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Such a movement must come forward sooner or later with a clear anddefiniteviewof the kind of society it wants.
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I have a verydefiniteviewabout this.
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Those in favour cannot steal taxpayers’ contributions to promote adefiniteview.
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I find it difficult to come to adefiniteviewwithout further consideration.
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Mydefiniteviewis that those people could still come in, and we must work with that process.
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I think we should take adefiniteviewof this clause.
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Fortunately we can break away from our ordinary political associations and take quite adefiniteviewof the matter.
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To that extent they have been consulted and have expressed this verydefiniteview; they do not want these people there.
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