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Definitions for narrow down
nar·row down
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Princeton's WordNet
pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specifyverb
define clearly
"I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow downverb
become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
"She specializes in Near Eastern history"
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narrow downverb
Make more specific.
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narrow down
To narrow down means to decrease the number of options or choices, isolate specific elements, or focus in on a specific aspect of something, usually by a process of elimination or by applying some kind of criteria. This is done with the aim of making a selection or reaching a decision easier.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of narrow down in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of narrow down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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They’re going to try to do some forensic work because those documents probably have been changed [over time], so that enables them to narrow down the period to when they were taken, once you say ‘this seems like it was a snapshot from this particular time,’ then they can look at audit logs of who had access to the document during that time frame.
We need to have a better way to identify patients with early pancreatic cancer, so we wanted to understand what are the characteristics of people in our study and other populations that help narrow down who are the high-risk populations.
We did get an initial direction of the flight, we were able to meet with several of the property owners and get a few more eyewitness accounts of seeing hornets earlier the week before or earlier in the summer, and so we are starting to narrow down exactly where the hornets' nest is.
Having caddied for many top players in the world like Nick Faldo in the 1990s when Nick Faldo in the 1990s was world number one and Colin Montgomerie later on, I appreciate how fine the line is between being a good player and a truly great one, my yardage books have always been produced with the aim of helping all players narrow down the exact length they want to hit a shot but this new greens contours book takes it to another level.
I think it will probably narrow down at some point to a smaller group than 15, but I don't know who those (candidates) will be. I'm not sure they'll all be the eight that I'm closest to from a policy standpoint, it may be some I have a little more distance from.
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