direct parallel
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandparallel
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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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parallel
noun
uk/ˈpær.ə.lel/us/ˈper.ə.lel/
something very similar to something else, or a similarity between ...
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(Definition ofdirectandparallelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I can think of adirectparallel.
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Surely there is adirectparallel, and it is only reasonable for them to seek to compensate the people who are involved in hunting for the loss of their livelihoods.
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It was not adirectparallel.
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There is nodirectparallelbetween trade union political funds and company political contributions—partly, but not only, because the money belongs not to shareholders but to companies.
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This assumption does not have adirectparallelin the target article, which does not address overt recall, but is broadly consistent with its claims on control operations.
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I do not think that that is adirectparallel.
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The point that he makes is not adirectparallel.
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There is not adirectparallelbetween the position of the owner-occupier and the local authority tenant.
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There has been adirectparallelwith the question of a foreign court.
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I submit that there is nodirectparallelbetween the two cases.
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In a sense tonight we are seeing adirectparallel.
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Of course the system is different and is not adirectparallelto the collection of rents.
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There is a close though notdirectparallelhere to the proposed ports advisory committees.
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There is clearly nodirectparallelin civilian life for all military skills.
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Indeed, there is adirectparallelwith light dues.
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I do not perceive adirectparallelbetween the interests of a complainant and those of a defendant.
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They, too, have the shadow of two years' imprisonment hanging over them if they, drive a vehicle dangerously, and this is adirectparallelto what we are talking, about.
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There are offences of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline, of disobeying a lawful command, and so on, which have nodirectparallelin civilian life.
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In many of the problem areas at which we are looking there is adirectparallelbetween what is happening in the country and what is happening in the towns.
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