extensive discussion

collocation in English

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extensive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/
us
/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/
covering a large area; having a ...
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discussion
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
us
/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
the activity in which people talk about something and tell each other their ideas ...
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The definition of poverty has been subject toextensivediscussion.
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Space limitations prevent anextensivediscussionof the chapter here.
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After some general preliminaries anextensivediscussionis given for beams.
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Chapter 11 contains anextensivediscussionof explanation, causation and prediction.
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Ideas presented here are the result ofextensivediscussionwith him.
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However, the topic requires anextensivediscussion, to be taken up elsewhere.
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Moreextensivediscussionof previous work on the integration of statistical and structural aspects would have been helpful.
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The fourth audience, researchers, will findextensivediscussionand reference to research findings and reviews in each chapter.
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Anextensivediscussionof this issue is beyond the scope of this paper and is left for further research.
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All of these issues are important, but most of them have receivedextensivediscussionover the past few years.
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We have had anextensivediscussion.
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There was also anextensivediscussionof economic problems.
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The issue has been subject toextensivediscussion.
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We held anextensivediscussionof the world economy.
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This followedextensivediscussionof the options and implications.
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There wasextensivediscussion, but no agreement was reached.
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This is a particularly interesting conclusion given hisextensivediscussionof the importance of community and clan in structuring local relations, occupancy, and ideology.
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In constructing their argument the authors combine a number of analytical domains and touch upon a multitude of issues, all of which meritextensivediscussion.
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Based onextensivediscussionwith colleagues, advice from users of the interview and comments from respondents, a self-report format was designed.
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However, the literature on selective deficits with living and nonliving objects is itself both large and diverse, and requiresextensivediscussionin its own right.
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Extensivediscussiontook place concerning the location of the plane of isolation, the point at which the building is separated by isolators from the foundations.
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In addition to the lengthy passages dealing with artificial intelligence, the story includes anextensivediscussionof music performance and music instruments.
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During a subsequent meeting of the panel members and afterextensivediscussion, the panelists revised the indications according to the previously described definition.
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