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predictive collapse: of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions

pathetic collapse: inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett; inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

emotional collapse: of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"; determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; "it was an emotional judgment"; of or pertaining to emotion; "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"

extended collapse: beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"; fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand"

demythologize collapse: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"

neighborly collapse: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor

suggestion collapse: the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association; an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"; a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"; persuasion formulated as a suggestion

figurative collapse: (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"

intuitive collapse: obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation; spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive revulsion"

fraternal collapse: (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova; "fraternal twins are biovular"; of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men; "a fraternal order"

brotherly collapse: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties"; (archaic as adverb) in a brotherly manner

spirit collapse: a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character; any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings; the vital principle or animating force within living things; the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"; infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up"

sententious collapse: abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

popularize collapse: make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"; cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"

uncertainty collapse: being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"

intellectual collapse: a person who uses the mind creatively; appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"; of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"; of or relating to the intellect; "his intellectual career"

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

presumption collapse: a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable"; audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"; (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

veracious collapse: precisely accurate; "a veracious account"; habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness"

hint collapse: a slight indication; an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"; drop a hint; intimate by a hint

temperamental collapse: relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"

catch on collapse: become popular; "This fashion caught on in Paris"; understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

pregnant collapse: carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

sake collapse: a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"; the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"; Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

desideratum collapse: something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"

explicate collapse: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

propitious collapse: presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs or success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration"

truthful collapse: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"; conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement"

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