tight connection

collocation in English

meaningsoftightandconnection

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tight
adjective
adverb
uk
/taɪt/us
/taɪt/
(held or kept together) firmly ...
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connection
noun
uk
/kəˈnek.ʃən/us
/kəˈnek.ʃən/
the state of being related to someone or ...
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(Definition oftightandconnectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftight connection

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Finally, we have argued that there is atightconnectionbetween the development of lexical and functional structure.
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The outcome is atightconnection, perhaps a tighter one than expected, between intuitionistic and classical phase spaces.
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Cognitive science'stightconnectionwith artificial intelligence and abstract reasoning diminished with the rise of cognitive neuroscience in the 1990s.
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First, as expected from the sensorimotor contingency based approach, at the neural level there is atightconnectionbetween seeing and moving.
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Even so, this model can be misleading given thetightconnectionbetween the domains.
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Consequently, he cannot break thetightconnectionbetween the current value of his state variable (the capital stock) and his current and future opportunities for consumption and investment.
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An example of a physical feedthrough is a vacuumtightconnectionfor cooling water.
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The user model works intightconnectionwith the security.
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Direct andtightconnectionwith orthodox saints names was lost.
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The mediastinal lymph nodes along the esophagus are intightconnectionwith the abdominal lymph nodes along the esophagus and the stomach.
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This is particularly vexatious to them when they are on short-haul or if they have very tight connections to make at the other end.
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