different dimension

collocation in English

meaningsofdifferentanddimension

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different
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪf.ər.ənt/
us
/ˈdɪf.ɚ.ənt/
not ...
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dimension
noun
uk
/ˌdaɪˈmen.ʃən/
us
/ˌdaɪˈmen.ʃən/
a measurement of something in a particular direction, especially its height, length, ...
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(Definition ofdifferentanddimensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Proposals which are bland in themselves, however, can assume a quitedifferentdimensionwhen viewed as the expression of a self-conscious movement.
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At some time we might hear from others who claim to know a quitedifferentdimensionof this person.
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From 1880 to 1916, the use of coercive powers by the president acquired adifferentdimension.
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All the same, it gives adifferentdimensionthan scientific research.
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The cross-comprehension approach pans out on adifferentdimensionthan ranking the atomic facts.
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The ability of the children to use adifferentdimensionin their second selection is taken as a measure of their cognitive flexibility.
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The models differed across hardship indicators, suggesting that each indicator describes adifferentdimensionof hardship that falls differentially among the population subgroups.
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I propose that the entire scene has a quitedifferentdimension.
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The impact of privatising utilities will have adifferentdimensionof effects in the process of developing the private sector, and there are potential negative consequences.
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Analysis of the content of the conversations revealed that each of these dialogues constituted unique opportunities for participants to co-construct meanings about adifferentdimensionof the practice of mentoring.
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Practitioners in other contexts may therefore experience a more dilute experience of this phenomenon and may thus face adifferentdimensionof the autonomy/beneficence dilemma.
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Spending fairly small sums of money on them can become an addiction, but surely the national lottery represents adifferentdimension?
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I am sorry that he will not add "across", which seems to me to give a slightlydifferentdimension.
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It will encourage local people to become involved with community radio stations and add adifferentdimensionto their quality of life.
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If we use the word"freedom"over matters such as those, we are really talking about adifferentdimensionfrom that of the basic and fundamental freedoms.
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But there is another prospect of a different kind of union in a quitedifferentdimension.
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My concern is that this treaty takes the whole situation to a completelydifferentdimension.
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It must enter into adifferentdimensiononce he is told that he cannot avoid.
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It adds a new anddifferentdimensionto our discussions and debates on these matters.
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