existing knowledge
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexistingandknowledge
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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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knowledge
noun
uk/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofexistingandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In these tasks, they cannot even use theirexistingknowledgeefficiently to support their working memory performance.
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Other systems permit editing of an alreadyexistingknowledgebase, with the design of the editor following from a domain model.
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The current results assist producers in making the best use ofexistingknowledge.
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It not only consolidates and integratesexistingknowledge, but will also set the trend for future research and will add momentum to it.
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Patterns or rules are usually more interesting if they cannot be predicted fromexistingknowledge.
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All in all, therefore, this book adds very little toexistingknowledgeand does not live up to the expectations in the title.
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To forsakeexistingknowledgeand connections to venture into new areas is to relinquish assets which have been accumulated.
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This can best occur when the work is set firmly in the context ofexistingknowledgeabout rural issues in such areas.
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Such complementarity takes place especially between external and internal knowledge and the stock ofexistingknowledgeand the flows of new knowledge.
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Given thatexistingknowledgeis not being well applied, there is an urgent need to develop means of assuring the implementation of effective preventive strategies.
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This result filled a gap in the thenexistingknowledgeof these types of problems6 and contributed to the ongoing theoretical investigation of quantum computing.
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Nonetheless, they reported that new information about arthritis had been gained,existingknowledgehad been reinforced and presentation skills had been acquired.
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These fulfil the dual functions of contributing to theexistingknowledgeand providing an overview of the subject area.
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However, even for the specific technologies or preferences that have been studied in the literature, it is possible to add toexistingknowledge.
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Generation: the process of creating completely new knowledge fromexistingknowledge.
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With such a reinterpretation, theexistingknowledgebase could be built upon in studying neural sensitivity to structures in the global array.
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