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motif collapse: a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors; a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

background collapse: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear; a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"; information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"; the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"; relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"; extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"; understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

theme collapse: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"; (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"; provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus"

accuracy collapse: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"; (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"

setting collapse: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"; the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat"; the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"

foil collapse: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button; a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"; picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"; cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"; enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

detail collapse: an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"; extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too much detail"; a crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees"; a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"; assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"; provide details for

exactness collapse: the quality of being exact; "he demanded exactness in all details"; "a man of great exactitude"

anatomize collapse: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"; dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"

sub rosa collapse: in secret or covertly; "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism"

tandem collapse: an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another; one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem"

pattern collapse: a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"; form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

substantiate collapse: solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

particularity collapse: the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"

parse collapse: analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)

spell out collapse: make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out your demands"; spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?"

secretly collapse: not openly; inwardly; "they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment"; "hoped secretly she would change her mind"; in secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret"

fixings collapse: the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings"; "he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it"

specifically collapse: in distinction from others; "a program specifically for teenagers"; "he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes"

specify collapse: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"; be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"; determine the essential quality of

enlarge collapse: make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"; become larger or bigger

offing collapse: the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"; the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"

accurately collapse: with few mistakes; "he works very accurately"; strictly correctly; "repeated the order accurately"

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