desired effect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdesiredandeffect
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desired
adjective
uk/dɪˈzaɪəd/us/dɪˈzaɪrd/
that ...
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effect
noun
uk/ɪˈfekt/us/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofdesiredandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is supported by the integral version of the balance law, and thedesiredeffectof the singular sink.
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Therefore, the repetition strategy manages to bring about thedesiredeffect, where the minimal grasp strategy fails to do so.
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This had thedesiredeffectin that all deuteranopes tested as strong, which was a very high priority in making this a good test.
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The only way to accomplish thedesiredeffectis to decompose 1 and 2 and rebuild a more complex atomic preference.
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These measures, however, frequently do not produce thedesiredeffectand peritoneal dialysis is required, which often has dramatic results.
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And if this distinction is not made, neither type produces thedesiredeffect.
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He provides a generalised (and rather complex) definition of the interpretation of conjoined functors that appears to have thedesiredeffect.
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The glass plate is partially covered by an opaque mask, selected from a number of pre-set shapes which correspond to thedesiredeffect.
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He said what he deemed necessary to create thedesiredeffect, as when he made free with accusations of heresy.
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This is often not an easy task, because some characteristic elements are exaggerated in the sketch to enforce thedesiredeffect.
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Since current output is consumed each period, aid must be injected each period in order to have thedesiredeffect.
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Sceptics were quick to doubt that the proclamation could achieve itsdesiredeffect.
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These actions are implicitly assumed not to have side effects that would conflict with thedesiredeffectof earlier actions.
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We obtain thedesiredeffectby intersecting the constraint languages with the original language of date expressions.
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Two factors prevented the government's design to achieve a porous but peaceful border from having thedesiredeffect.
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In the present context, such a ranking has thedesiredeffectof preventing candidates with a non-heavy stressed syllable from surfacing (see (44a.iii) in particular).
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On the whole, this had thedesiredeffect; for 180 of the misspellings, the required word moved up the list.
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However, this will not have thedesiredeffect, since if0 0 0 (g 0) is only guaranteed to be defined if g 0 is defined.
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