exact nature

collocation in English

meaningsofexactandnature

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exact
adjective
uk
/ɪɡˈzækt/us
/ɪɡˈzækt/
in great detail, or complete, correct, or true in ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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However, this leaves theexactnatureof their argument unclear.
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Little research of thisexactnaturehas been carried out.
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Theexactnatureof this material was not elucidated.
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Theexactnatureof this local toxicity is unknown.
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Itsexactnature, however, will not be understood until the development has been investigated.
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Theexactnatureof the bridges to be constructed, however, remains a matter of some uncertainty.
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Such data could provide information about theexactnatureof the deficit in awareness.
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Much of the literature is imprecise as to theexactnatureof the strategic voting decision.
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Theexactnatureof these events is described in the following sections.
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In all cases theexactnatureof the factor or factors is not known.
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Theexactnatureof the binding complexes has not been determined.
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However, theexactnatureof this signal cascade is still to be determined.
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Theexactnatureof the less intense bands is presently unknown.
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Theexactnatureof this relation has yet to be understood.
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It should be possible to examine theexactnatureof lexically-based transfer empirically.
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Nonetheless, theexactnatureof these adjustments will undoubtedly occupy much of linguistic theorizing in the years to come.
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Theexactnatureof the groove depth dynamics induced by variable speed of the boundary has not been explored.
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Theexactnatureof these funds varies, but each promise their investors liquidity at par value plus accrued interest.
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However, we do need to be careful when specifying theexactnatureof the proposed temporal binding deficit in autism.
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Elucidation of theexactnatureof social dysfunction in schizophrenia will require a substantial amount of further research.
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Theexactnatureof that bias, however, as they show, may evolve within the specifics of each task context.
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What is less clear is theexactnatureof the selection pressures that could give rise to these heuristics.
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Theexactnatureof these nanoparticles, and whether they are alive at all, has however remained controversial.
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It is therefore virtually impossible to decide on theexactnatureof the bare forms found in the data investigated.
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Theexactnatureof these procedures and their unique contribution to listening success needs to be investigated through qualitative methods.
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