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notate collapse: put into notation, as of music or choreography; "Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"

biography collapse: an account of the series of events making up a person's life

condensation collapse: (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams; a shortened version of a written work; atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold; the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

alphabetize collapse: arrange in alphabetical order; "Alphabetize the list"; provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages"

logogram collapse: a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; "7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese"

testimonial collapse: of or relating to or constituting testimony; expressing admiration or appreciation; "testimonial dinner"

replication collapse: the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion; "scientists will not believe an experimental result until they have seen at least one replication"; (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer; (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division

reference collapse: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"; the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"; the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"; a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"; refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"

block out collapse: plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general; indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan"

case history collapse: detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment

character collapse: (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes; the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer; an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"; a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all to often answered evasively"; a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"; a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"; good repute; "he is a man of character"; engrave or inscribe characters on

ordeal collapse: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence; a severe or trying experience

time signature collapse: a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

person collapse: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"; a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"; a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"

exodus collapse: a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment; the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus

representation collapse: an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent; the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf; a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something; the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body; a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image; a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; "certain representations were made concerning police brutality"; a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; "the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor"; a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California"; the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

heroine collapse: the main good female character in a work of fiction; a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds

write collapse: communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"; record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"; communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"; communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"; mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"; create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"; produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

decency collapse: the quality of being polite and respectable; the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

reputation collapse: the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report"; notoriety for some particular characteristic; "his reputation for promiscuity"

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