significant deterioration

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantanddeterioration

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significant
adjective
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/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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deterioration
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˌtɪə.ri.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/dɪˌtɪr.i.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact or process of ...
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(Definition ofsignificantanddeteriorationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant deterioration

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The results suggestsignificantdeteriorationin community controls.
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The results indicatesignificantdeteriorationin community controls.
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It remains unclear whether preschizophrenics showsignificantdeteriorationwith age in any given domain.
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The difference in the 5th axis variance value causes asignificantdeteriorationin repeatability.
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Self-rated health remained stable, while functional health showed asignificantdeterioration.
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The cumulative effect of neighbouring farms adopting similar practices could lead tosignificantdeteriorationin water quality.
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As expected, dropping the scalar from the model gave asignificantdeteriorationof the fit (p=0.01).
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In contrast, intervention guidelines both for violations of the fluctuation margins and in the case of asignificantdeteriorationof the funding ratio are positively related to performance.
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That can lead only to asignificantdeteriorationin patient care.
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It may well be that there will be nosignificantdeteriorationat all.
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They suggested that there had been a recent andsignificantdeteriorationin his medical condition.
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It has been moved twice, altered, and sufferedsignificantdeterioration.
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Several of the sheds have undergonesignificantdeterioration.
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I believe that there would be asignificantdeteriorationif we were to find ourselves on a three-day week.
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There is no evidence at present of anysignificantdeteriorationin the condition of local authority principal roads.
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Last year and the year before, there was asignificantdeteriorationin several services, involving escalators, which caused significant difficulties.
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The results also show that there was asignificantdeteriorationin the fit of the model when the effects of age were omitted, indicating that these effects are highly significant.
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Furthermore, the agreement contains a clause which allows for its suspension in case ofsignificantdeteriorationof democracy and of human rights.
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We are all looking to improve the train service and to campaign to reverse thesignificantdeteriorationthat has been experienced in recent years.
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It will be for him to identify whether the schools and parents involved are experiencingsignificantdeterioration, compared with other schools run by that authority.
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We are determined not to be in a position where we are unable to respond immediately to asignificantdeteriorationin the situation.
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Sixty-five is not an age at which one should expect life to come to an end or asignificantdeteriorationto take place thereafter.
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Over its first forty years, the building sufferedsignificantdeteriorationto its structure and its murals.
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There is nosignificantdeteriorationof intellect, personality, or habits and patients often remain clean and mostly self-sufficient.
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Nitrazepam in doses of 5 mg or more causessignificantdeteriorationin vigilance performance combined with increased feelings of sleepiness.
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