expected pattern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpectedandpattern
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expected
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us/ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
believed to be going to happen ...
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pattern
noun
uk/ˈpæt.ən/us/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofexpectedandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theexpectedpatternof responses would be 50% use of each pattern, given the nature of the elicitation scenarios.
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This is theexpectedpatternif the familial factors influencing disease risk were the same at the two times of measurement.
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This is theexpectedpatternif black is reserved for samples below visual threshold.
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If the sentence is found to satisfy theexpectedpattern, the syntactic information about the words in the sentence is available as part-of-speech information.
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It is only in this context that one can judge whether they conform to anexpectedpattern.
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Of the target structures examined, some followed theexpectedpattern, others showed the opposite pattern, and still others did not change across the tasks.
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The caregivers of the variable children, on the other hand, show theexpectedpatternof use.
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This is the exact opposite of theexpectedpattern.
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When the suffix follows a vowel, theexpectedpatternof hiatus resolution occurs and the and the initial vowel of the suffix is not parsed.
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It appears to be new based on distribution by age and diffusion by adjective type, but with respect to the dichotomy emotional/nonemotional it does not exhibit theexpectedpattern.
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Curiously, it was only the target children's contribution to the commenting that clearly revealed theexpectedpattern, in which the bicultural results fell between the monocultural results.
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This factor group has theexpectedpattern.
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Third, we test associations between infant attention behaviors and maternal encouragement of those behaviors to determine if they are consistent with theexpectedpatternof influence.
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The amounts in each case depend on theexpectedpatternof referrals and the extent to which these have been covered by contracts.
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After that, regular monitoring is clearly necessary but constant attention is not required once anexpectedpatternof effects has emerged.
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That is theexpectedpattern.
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A verb which does not follow theexpectedpatternbased on the form of its infinitive is considered irregular.
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Departures from theexpectedpatternmay occur because of unidentified social or political situations or because of geographic barriers.
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Correlations that fit theexpectedpatterncontribute evidence of construct validity.
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