desired change

collocation in English

meaningsofdesiredandchange

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desired
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzaɪəd/us
/dɪˈzaɪrd/
that ...
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change
noun
uk
/tʃeɪndʒ/us
/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofdesiredandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesired change

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The author has produced a formal method for specifying thedesiredchangeintentionally, using a 'formula-based' approach to updating needs rather than a 'model-based' technique.
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The problem of knowledge base updates is then how to specify thedesiredchangein a knowledge base and to compute it automatically.
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The difference between the current altitude and the desired altitude represents thedesiredchangein depth necessary to maintain the correct altitude.
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Time for reflection and work in implementingdesiredchangeis also required.
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With few exceptions, it is ver y difficult for a dissenting individual who believes that legislation flouts important moral values to bring about adesiredchangeby legislators.
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Eventual adoption of alternatives by farmers is ultimately a matter of labour availability, access to the technologies needed and the economic incentives for their making thedesiredchange.
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I hope that even yet thedesiredchangemay be made.
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I believe that it is both valuable and necessary if we are to see thedesiredchangein culture.
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There is a growing belief in force to bring about thedesiredchangefrom capitalism to some better ordered state of society.
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I should like to ask whether, in the six months which have intervened since that promise was made, any practical steps have been taken to bring about thedesiredchange?
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If they say that they want a total package before they can agree to this muchdesiredchange, why was nothing done for 18 years when they were in power?
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With optimized protocols, over 50% of the cells that survive electroporation contain thedesiredchange.
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Inverse models (controllers) generate the motor command that will cause adesiredchangein state, given an environmental context.
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Such devices may be characterized as switches by investigating the time and energy that must be spent to achieve adesiredchangein resistance.
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The new management team were unable to bring about thedesiredchangeat the club.
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When groups do this they have not yet determined which factors are most influential in their potential to achievedesiredchange.
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They then prototype small-scale systems composed of objects, services, interactions and experiences that support people and organizations in achievement of adesiredchange.
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