Diction example sentences

Mendeleev s predictions were proved to be astonishingly correct when these elements were discovered later.Unfortunately, in the case of some natural disasters such as earthquakes, even if prediction is possible, the events come too suddenly for people to be warned or to be mentally prepared.This unit has an exercise that asks students to consult a dictionary and find out which adjective can be used before a noun, which can be used after a verb, and which can be used in both ways.The dictionary exercise in this unit shows how a very small common word can be used in different ways.The Chinese were aware of the dangers of opium addiction, and the Emperor had forbidden its production and sale except for medicinal purposes.Thermodynamics deals with energy changes in chemical or physical processes and enables us to study these changes quantitatively and to make useful predictions.Dictionary entries give us different kinds of information about words.The Webster dictionary defines it as “possession of the qualities required to do something or get something done”.In order to decide what course the reaction adopts and make a qualitative prediction about the effect of a change in conditions on equilibrium we use Le Chatelier's principle.Children need help in using the dictionary to find specific kinds of information.On the 26th of January 1950 we are going to enter a life of contradictions.The Oxford Dictionary explains intelligence as the power of perceiving, learning, understanding, and knowing.He composed several truly original story poems in folk refrain and diction and also wrote a sprawling novel Thillana Mohanambal with dozens of very deftly etched characters.The basic objective of the export promotion councils is to promote and develop the country's exports of particular products falling under their jurisdiction.ocabulary enrichment has been attempted through a variety of tasks on the usage of words closely related in meaning, matching words to meanings, word building (including phrasal verbs), and reference to the dictionary.