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Soheil1 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Essentially
Hi
What does "essentially" mean in:
The global brain architecture for simple organisms like C. Elegans, [...], has essentially been completely mapped[...]?
Thanls in advance
What does "essentially" mean in:
The global brain architecture for simple organisms like C. Elegans, [...], has essentially been completely mapped[...]?
Thanls in advance
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Fundamentally, basically, in essence. There is also an implication of 'not completely, not in every detail'. In your quote, the words 'essentially' and 'completely' do not fit well together, Clive
- Fundamentally, basically, in essence.
- There is also an implication of 'not completely, not in every detail'.
- In your quote, the words 'essentially' and 'completely' do not fit well together, Clive
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Fundamentally, basically, in essence. There is also an implication of 'not completely, not in every detail'.
In your quote, the words 'essentially' and 'completely' do not fit well together,
Clive
In your quote, the words 'essentially' and 'completely' do not fit well together,
Clive
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What's the use of "essentially" in:
social networks tend to have very short paths between essentially arbitrary pairs of people.?
social networks tend to have very short paths between essentially arbitrary pairs of people.?
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Or is there a difference?
Broadly speaking,there's always a difference!
Soheil, if you'll allow me to say so, you need to try to think more in terms of nuances. There are very few words that mean exactly the same as some other word.
Clive
Broadly speaking,there's always a difference!
Soheil, if you'll allow me to say so, you need to try to think more in terms of nuances. There are very few words that mean exactly the same as some other word.
Clive
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