extensive knowledge
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextensiveandknowledge
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extensive
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/us/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/
covering a large area; having a ...
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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 ofextensiveandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is written in his usual lucid style, and supported by a wealth of detail, reflecting hisextensiveknowledge, research, and scholarly expertise.
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Parents, in particular, have a veryextensiveknowledgeof their own children and of differences between them.
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In addition, they may have lessextensiveknowledgeof biologically integrated approaches, as such knowledge is not currently a requirement of licensing.
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Most of them have strong interests in andextensiveknowledgeof such related disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, and philosophy.
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Research on the development of expertise suggests that experts haveextensiveknowledgein their subject areas, which helps them in perceiving meaningful patterns quickly.
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Someone or something may for instance haveextensiveknowledgein a certain field : he is a de jure authority.
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This sample of women had a ratherextensiveknowledgeof contraceptive methods and sources for advice and supplies.
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They are encouraged to gain the sameextensiveknowledge; only some are enabled to gain intensive knowledge; others are not.
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Creativity and imagination are more commonly associated with design, and construction with technical proficiency,extensiveknowledgeof building products and economic levelheadedness.
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The author is a freelance medical writer withextensiveknowledgeand significant publications in the medical field.
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Therefore, under the justification that participants may be harmed withextensiveknowledgeabout their disease and prognosis, several alternatives have been advanced.
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At the same time workers withextensiveknowledgeof the mining environment began to emerge.
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Section three describes theextensiveknowledgeof apple physiology and the impacts of different growing environments on production.
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In spite of theextensiveknowledgeof life satisfaction as a human characteristic, however, several inconsistencies remain unresolved with regard to its determinants.
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This lack of knowledge did indicate that policy-making is far from a rational process informed through systematic planning and anextensiveknowledgebase.
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Weld product design is a complex and time-consuming procedure that involves many techniques and requiresextensiveknowledge.
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Children come to kindergarten withextensiveknowledgeof language from their homes and neighborhoods.
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They demonstrated acute self-awareness of their strengths and weaknesses,extensiveknowledgeregarding the nature of different tasks and what would be required to complete them satisfactorily.
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Darnell is especially skilled at handling detail, demonstrating herextensiveknowledgeof the issues relevant to understanding anthropology in the early 1900s.
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He hasextensiveknowledgeof the issues raised by the research project, and he has demonstrated that expertise very ably and effectively tonight.
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