direct linkage

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandlinkage

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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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linkage
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈlɪŋ.kɪdʒ/us
/ˈlɪŋ.kɪdʒ/
the existence or forming of connections ...
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(Definition ofdirectandlinkagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect linkage

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Atomistic functionalism claims that there is adirectlinkagebetween functional motivations and 'properties of particular grammars ' (174).
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Both posit that there is adirectlinkagebetween perception and production.
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Thus, the task dependency matrix only shows thedirectlinkagerelationships among the tasks in the process.
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Tables are mostly based on the most useful combination of these indices, though a moredirectlinkage to particular types of farms was occasionally needed.
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Holistic functionalism denies any suchdirectlinkageand claims that functional explanation takes place at the level of language change and 'is manifested only typologically ' (175).
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However, it is not a sensitive indicator for comparative analysis, so two other measures of adoption were devised to provide an unprecedentedlydirectlinkageto scale of operations.
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These new tools make it possible to now undertake empirical investigations of the relation between neural plasticity and resilience, examining thedirectlinkageof these two processes.
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These molecules interact along a central line between the cells and give rise to a central dense stratum that provides thedirectlinkagebetween the cells.
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Therefore, it is vital that the representatives who sit in that assembly should have adirectlinkagewith those towns and cities.
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There will be nodirectlinkage.
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There is nodirectlinkagebetween trade liberalisation and the volume of overseas aid.
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There is adirectlinkagebetween all recommendations, which should be viewed as a whole.
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There is not adirectlinkage.
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There is nodirectlinkagebetween prisoner releases and any other part of the agreement, including the political institutions.
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There is nodirectlinkagebetween decommissioning and the release of prisoners, nor is there any requirement for decommissioning prior to prisoners being released.
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There is, generally, nodirectlinkagebetween specific areas of expenditure and sources of revenue.
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Those schemes are unaffected by the hedgerow protection scheme and there is nodirectlinkagebetween them.
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Secondly, there is nodirectlinkagebetween funding decisions and decisions regarding the type and amount of education provision that should be available.
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My interpretation of the part of the agreement that concerns the release of prisoners is that there was adirectlinkagebetween early release and total renunciation of violence.
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First, there is thedirectlinkagein industries such as banking, insurance and shipping with trade and therefore a tendency for one to drop with a decline in the other.
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