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indeterminate period

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meanings of indeterminateand period


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indeterminate
adjective
uk /ˌɪn.dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nət/ us /ˌɪn.dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nət/
not measured, counted, or ...
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period
noun[C]
uk /ˈpɪə.ri.əd/ us /ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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Examples of indeterminate period


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It seems odd to suggest that the compositional semantic interpretation most naturally associated with an expression should be held in abeyance for an indeterminateperiod, only to emerge later.
We have been debating, in the rather indeterminateperiod when night and day merged into each other, the question of transport.
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The provision should not be used to detain patients for an indeterminateperiod without proper consideration of their needs.
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We shall have an indeterminateperiod of direct rule now.
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It is another thing to put forward a packet which would be required for some quite indeterminateperiod.
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In other words, he has to live in the fiat, without the cooker, for an indeterminateperiod before he can qualify.
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We have received assurances that the payments will be maintained for an indeterminateperiod.
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Their role is, in effect, more akin to a sentencing one, for it is only on the board's recommendation that any indeterminateperiod of detention can become determinate.
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What we must face is that there is the problem that we have this indeterminateperiod between the awards, and we must make some provision for that.
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In effect, that means that patients will be deprived of an effective watchdog for an indeterminate period unless patients forums emerge from this process fully booted and spurred.
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I would have thought, in view of the comparatively brief period of qualification, it would not be necessary to have an applicant put on the register for an indeterminateperiod.
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Nationalised industries will like to feel that this indeterminateperiod over the years has been brought to an end and that things are now on a proper basis.
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On the other hand, commitment for an indeterminateperiod was more frequently imposed upon males than females.
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They were told that repossession of ownership had been postponed for an indeterminateperiod.
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This shielding allows him (and others) to survive in space for an indeterminateperiod of time.
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The oath is for an indeterminateperiod; no duration is specifically defined.
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But every few years, the winters become unusually warm or unusually cold, or the frequency of hurricanes increases or decreases, and the pattern sets in for an indeterminateperiod.
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Former inmates said that they were arrested, informed by the security officials that they had been charged with crimes, and then sent off to camps for indeterminate periods.
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