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Concurrent kənˈkʌr(ə)nt/ |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. synonyms:simultaneous, |
"there are three concurrent art fairs around the city" |
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Intervention ɪntəˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/ |
action taken to intentionally becomeinvolved in a difficult situation in order toimprove it or prevent it from getting worse: |
Half the people questioned said they were opposed to militaryintervention (in the civil war). |
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Metric |
a system or standard of measurement. |
"the levels of branching are arbitrary and no precise metric is applied to distance between the nodes" |
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Proxy |
.the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting.2.a figure that can be used to represent the value of something in a calculation.
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"Britons overseas may register to vote by proxy" "the use of a US wealth measure as a proxy for the true worldwide measure" |
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dissemination/dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃn/ |
the action or fact of spreading something, especially information, widely. |
"the dissemination of public information" |
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Water under the bridge |
used to refer to events that are in the past and consequently no longer to be regarded as important. |
"I don't want to talk about that—it's all water under the bridge now" |
