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notoriety collapse: the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

anticipation collapse: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence of fulfillment

thoroughness collapse: conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task

once collapse: on one occasion; "once I ran into her"; at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";; as soon as; "once we are home, we can rest"

up to collapse: busy or occupied with; "what have you been up to?"; "up to no good"

ascetic collapse: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"; pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"

recognize collapse: perceive to be the same; be fully aware or cognizant of; detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"; show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"; exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)

prurience collapse: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness

eclat collapse: brilliant or conspicuous success or effect; "the eclat of a great achievement"

enlightenment collapse: education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge; a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions

published collapse: prepared and printed for distribution and sale; "the complete published works Dickens"

carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

know collapse: the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people; "he is always in the know"; be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"; be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"; be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"; know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"; have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"; have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"; perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"; be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"; know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"

instruction collapse: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

currency collapse: general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas"; the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used; a current state of general acceptance and use

motivated collapse: provided with a motive or given incentive for action; "a highly motivated child can learn almost anything"; "a group of politically motivated men"

cognizance collapse: range or scope of what is perceived; range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"

fore collapse: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

superficiality collapse: lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling; shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"

then collapse: that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"; subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed"; at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught"; in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be rich"

reported collapse: made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account; "his reported opinion"; "the reported findings"

schooling collapse: the act of teaching at school; the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

foremost collapse: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship"; situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship"; prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"

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