threat assessment

collocation in English

meaningsofthreatandassessment

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threat
noun[C]
uk
/θret/us
/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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assessment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈses.mənt/us
/əˈses.mənt/
the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that ...
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(Definition ofthreatandassessmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has already started, andthreatassessmentdefinitions have been reworked with the intention of avoiding the problems of the old system.
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To do so, we must engage in genuinethreatassessment.
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The prime error in the commission's work was that it used a different method ofthreatassessmentfrom that which had been used previously.
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I am unconvinced of thethreatassessmenton which it is based.
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The details can be found in the task force'sthreatassessmentfor 2001–02.
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This kind ofthreatassessmentis always subjective and always a matter of opinion.
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A cross-border organised crimethreatassessmentis being prepared and will be available in the next few months.
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In our report we published for the first time the way in which thethreatassessmentsystem worked.
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That brings me to the next point in that part of the report—was thethreatassessmentsystem effective and adequate?
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Each case must turn on its own merits and be based on the most clear and analyticalthreatassessment.
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The number of ship sets to be purchased takes into account such considerations as thethreatassessment, budgetary priorities and platform availability.
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So a first priority of burden-sharing must be genuinethreatassessment.
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Our third and fourth questions related tothreatassessment: was the correct assessment made and is the current threat assessment system effective and adequate?
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Of course, it is important—indeed, essential—to the process thatthreatassessmentcan be translated into useful and useable advice for members of the travelling public.
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There is now a completely agreed detailedthreatassessment.
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We must make the most clinicalthreatassessment.
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The danger of theft of these stores is constantly reviewed in the light of the securitythreatassessment.
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Although thethreatassessmentis still low, the danger still exists.
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Much has been achieved—the figures in the second annualthreatassessmentand strategy documents speak for themselves—but we are under no illusions that there is much more to be done.
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Progress has been made in a number of areas, including jointthreatassessment, liaison structures, technical co-operation and communications.
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