degree of sophistication
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdegreeandsophistication
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degree
noun
uk/dɪˈɡriː/us/dɪˈɡriː/
(an) amount or level ...
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sophistication
noun[U]
uk/səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/səˌfɪs.təˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofdegreeandsophisticationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These techniques provide adegreeofsophisticationthat the truth-value judgment task and elicited production cannot.
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Neural modelling has reached a very highdegreeofsophisticationfrom the membrane/synapse level up to thousands of nerve cells.
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For new visions of cultural possibility are not secured by 'commonsense' but require intellectual tools of somedegreeofsophistication.
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We can also conclude that early humans were capable of learning and reasoning about their natural environments with a considerabledegreeofsophistication.
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I also abstract from any costs of collecting and processing information that might be expected to increase with thedegreeofsophisticationof the forecast method.
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It may be that they are not, that thedegreeofsophisticationin the level of agreement-disagreement that they call for is too great for many respondents.
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One advantage of having response time as the main dependent variable is that the interpretation of such data has already reached a highdegreeofsophisticationin research with adults.
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The locating system implemented then depends on thedegreeofsophisticationof the sensor, on the nature of the environment (structured or not), as well as on its own knowledge.
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These are matters of a highdegreeofsophisticationand the clearance procedure seems an essential part of it.
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Large sums of money change hands, and thedegreeofsophisticationis substantial.
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There is also a very considerabledegreeofsophisticationin the people who are living there.
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But would it not appear that a very much greaterdegreeofsophisticationin the marking of detonators might assist the police?
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He reported that thedegreeofsophisticationin the use of techniques at top management level was to be commended.
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It is a machine that claims somedegreeofsophistication.
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The second variant seeks to introduce adegreeofsophisticationinto the proceedings by expressing the argument in competition policy terms.
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There is adegreeofsophisticationand difficulty about the concept which needs careful explanation and communication.
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In the production of a family-sized motor car it is not thedegreeofsophisticationthat will sell the car but its price and quality.
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