direct experience
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandexperience
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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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experience
noun
uk/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/us/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/
(the process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or ...
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(Definition ofdirectandexperiencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On the most common sense and practical level, aesthetic experience was equated with thedirectexperienceof music.
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This philosophy influenced the student-centred, holistic pedagogy of the 1960s and '70s, when it became accepted that students could learn through exploration anddirectexperience.
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Aerospace companies argued ' 'directexperiencein the aerospace industry' ' was necessary for managerial and technical advancements.
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So once the irregular form is learned throughdirectexperience, the unheard regular past form will be immediately eliminated as a possibility.
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This process could be thought of as the production of meta-narratives which serve to associatedirectexperienceto deeper processes of belonging and desire.
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To privilege suchdirectexperiencein the colony is, however, to some degree anachronistic.
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This evidence supports the conservative conclusion that we abstract rules and makes various computations and inferences when we havedirectexperienceof doing so.
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The researcher must have a method that can utilize the participant'sdirectexperienceand make interpretations of that experience.
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This fact, in addition to theirdirectexperiencewith the conduct of elections under the ticket system, made insurgency both easy and policy-oriented.
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Many have preached the value ofdirectexperience.
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No differences emerged with respect to the two vasectomy groups, indicating that little change in attitude resulted fromdirectexperiencewith the method.
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In each of the presentations, the focus was on interpretation anddirectexperience, rather than theory or methodology.
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Such individuals must rely upon what they learn over time fromdirectexperienceinteracting with others.
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But most of all, it was reflected in the growing likelihood of elites to seekdirectexperienceof war.
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Attitudes towards extra spending on social benefits by age tend to confirm the significance ofdirectexperienceof benefits and social distance.
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In the decentralized type, views are solicited from experts only for countries in which they havedirectexperience.
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Three male patients, (two young and one older), haddirectexperienceof alcohol poisoning.
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He must also have learnt throughdirectexperiencethe correct protocols of scholarly conduct.
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