significant contribution

collocation in English

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significant
adjective
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/
us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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contribution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
us
/ˌkɑːn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant contribution

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Caribbean-based research on schistosomiasis made asignificantcontributionto the early development of the understanding of this disease.
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In this way, the paper can be said to make asignificantcontributionto the field.
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It might then have become a much moresignificantcontributionto the currently limited literature on instrumental pedagogy.
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This means that there is less expectation of asignificantcontributionto soil fertility or of a subsequent improvement in maize yields with the intercrop.
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Psychoanalytic object relations theory, with its focus on idiosyncratic distortions, may be able to make asignificantcontribution.
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The creation of independent financial structures made asignificantcontributionto the viability of the emergent institutional church.
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However, the error variance should be high relative to the genetic variance to make asignificantcontributionto the skewness.
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The onlysignificantcontributionthus comes from the neighbourhood of the (nearly coincident) saddle points where the transformation (4.3) is applicable.
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In no case did 4-year socioemotional competence make asignificantcontributionwith infant attachment already in the equation.
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This is asignificantcontributionto the ongoing discussion on the relationship between creators and their societies.
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Presumably abstinence, coitus interruptus, safe period and undisclosed use of other methods make asignificantcontributionto total contraceptive practice.
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It is clear that the land agents made asignificantcontributionto 'improvement' beyond simply agricultural improvement.
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Notwithstanding the statistical weaknesses of the model, the book as a whole certainly makes asignificantcontributionto empirical studies on economic growth.
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It is characterized by a very high basal area value of about 4.5 m2, withoutsignificantcontributionof pioneer trees.
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In short, the empirical coverage of this book is very impressive and makes asignificantcontributionto the field.
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A consensus has emerged that sound management of health care systems makes asignificantcontribution to the international competitiveness of a country.
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This highlysignificantcontributionindicates that some locations have a consistently high incidence of this disease.
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This body of research into popular culture provided asignificantcontributionto the developing field of social history.
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Although the magnitude of these effect sizes is small, it remains a statisticallysignificantcontribution.
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When is large (close to one), the future rewards havesignificantcontributionto the return computation for the present action.
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