dramatic transformation

collocation in English

meaningsofdramaticandtransformation

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dramatic
adjective
uk
/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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transformation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌtræns.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌtræns.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
a complete change in the appearance or character of something or someone, especially so that that thing or person ...
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(Definition ofdramaticandtransformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The chances of such adramatictransformationare at best slight.
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In fact thedramatictransformationof macroeconomics during the past decade has reflected the adoption of more scientific methodology than had previously characterized the field.
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By the late 1990s both sectors had undergonedramatictransformationbut viewed comparatively the changes occurred earlier in telecommunications and were more easily achieved.
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Is rap a transnational form of music that can be absorbed by such a national musical expression as canzone d'autore only after adramatictransformation?
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Dye injection in the centre during periodic sloshing in the tank-disk experiment, showed that the core was undergoing adramatictransformationin time.
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It is adramatictransformationwhich covers all my active experience.
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Do not these splendid figures show adramatictransformationcompared with the previous situation?
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We have seen thedramatictransformationthat oil has made to our balance of payments.
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In all these spheres we have obtained adramatictransformation.
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Over the years there has been adramatictransformationin that dependence, particularly upon oil.
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Thatdramatictransformationin the performance of our economy took place because we got taxes down, deregulated, freed up the economy and brought in a culture of free enterprise.
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There has been adramatictransformationin which the young people have done better, and the reason is clear.
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In short, although, of course, we shall not be able to do everything under the programme, there will be adramatictransformationin the quality of our school buildings.
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The order is a postcript to a scheme that saw thedramatictransformationand restructuring of the coal industry.
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But, perhaps, after all, there is no single clue or no magic formula or sudden anddramatictransformationscene by which all the matters can be solved.
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An equallydramatictransformationcould be made by the expenditure of a relatively small amount of money to provide import savings.
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There is more to be done, but thedramatictransformationover the past 20 years—at work and particularly in education—has been formidable.
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After all the public money and thedramatictransformationof the physical appearance of the area, why is the responsible body treated with such suspicion and hostility by local people?
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As it points out, there has been adramatictransformationin the employment position over the past 18 months.
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