The most useful academic collocations Part 3

The most useful academic collocations Part 3

21. Immediately apparent - obvious and clear at that moment

 E.g. “The reasons for this are not immediately apparent and deserve further investigation”.

۲۲٫ Increase the likelihood - to make more likely or plausible

 E.g. “Numerous high school students engage in behaviours that increase their likelihood of death from these four causes”.

۲۳٫ Key element - a main or fundamental component

 E.g. “Provisional restorations represent a key element in the realization of extensive esthetic rehabilitations”.

۲۴٫ Largely confined - focussed in a particular area

 E.g. “The metabolic syndrome is largely confined to overweight and obese adults”.

۲۵٫ Literal interpretation - a non-metaphorical or figurative reading

 E.g. “In Experiment 2, targets were phrases that could be given either an idiomatic or a literal interpretation”.

۲۶٫ Major challenge - a large or fundamental problem

 E.g. “Keeping up with the population increase is a major challenge for urban areas”.

۲۷٫ Markedly different - noticeably distinct

 E.g. “The spectrum of pyridine coordinately bonded to the surface is markedly different from that of the pyridinium ion”.

۲۸٫ Negative connotation - suggesting something bad or wrong

 E.g. “The label placebo was avoided because of its negative connotation”.

۲۹٫ Newly emerging - novel or original concept first being introduced

 E.g. “This is a book about a newly emerging area of research in instructional technology”.

۳۰٫ Offer insight - present a deep or original analysis

 E.g. “This study reveals what those practices are and may offer insight for how they fit into future workplaces”.