direct input

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandinput

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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input
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.pʊt/us
/ˈɪn.pʊt/
something such as energy, money, or information that is put into a system, organization, or machine so that it ...
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(Definition ofdirectandinputfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect input

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Interpreting morphosyntactic resemblances in terms ofdirectinput, parallel development, and linguistic contact.
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Acquisition: the process in which new knowledge, either throughdirectinputfrom the user or derived from knowledge sources, is received.
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This represents the first three layers, with pitch and time scaling factors of 0.75, in adirectinputoutput space projection.
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Phonemic decisions are based on output from the decision nodes, which are separate from thedirectinput-to-lexicon processing path.
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The receptive-field center and surround of the ganglion cell that providedirectinputto the relay cell is represented in black.
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In our case, floodplain area can be thought of as a stock of environmental resource that can be used as adirectinputin agriculture or to support fisheries.
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The second and third assumptions are that each kind of process has (a) nodirectinputto the other, and (b) no direct influence on the other's internal structure.
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Traditionally, performance practice was developed withdirectinputfrom composers while they were alive or from interpreters who had performed under their supervision or that of their successors.
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These have been widely approved as adirectinputinto raising these two key skills.
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There will be a verydirectinputfrom my department there.
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That implies that the customer would have adirectinputon the supply of electricity.
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What is more, many of the grounds have been transformed by thedirectinputof fans who contribute to them.
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There needs to be moredirectinputfrom teachers at the time of the inspection.
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It can make adirectinput.
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In most schools there is no direct link between them and the governing bodies, and nodirectinput.
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I have had very littledirectinputfrom my constituents saying one thing or the other.
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I would also ask whether any draft guidelines have received or will receive anydirectinputfrom the various interested bodies.
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Why not allow the individual authorities to have adirectinputin the consultative process?
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That involves adirectinputfrom the homebeat police officer.
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It is vital that passengers, freight users and railway employees should have adirectinput, so that their views are heard.
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