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converse collapse: a proposition obtained by conversion; turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"; of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"; carry on a conversation

proletarian collapse: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"; belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat; the lowest class of citizens of ancient Rome who had no property

eloquence collapse: powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police"

nationality collapse: people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation; "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense of nationality"; the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

collective collapse: members of a cooperative enterprise; set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms"; forming a whole or aggregate

congress collapse: the legislature of the United States government; a meeting of elected or appointed representatives; a national legislative assembly

nomination collapse: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor"; the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested"

habitual collapse: made a norm or custom or habit; "his habitual practice was to eat an early supper"; "her habitual neatness"

opener collapse: a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans); the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees"

muteness collapse: a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising"

elocution collapse: an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

reply collapse: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"

community collapse: (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other; a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"; a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"; a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community"; common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions"; agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"

collectivism collapse: a political theory that the people should own the means of production

ethnic group collapse: people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

people collapse: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"; members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"; fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"; furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated"

larynx collapse: a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

generic collapse: any product that can be sold without a brand name; a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape; applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"; (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"; relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name"

public collapse: a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"; affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"; not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"

constituency collapse: the body of voters who elect a representative for their area

talk collapse: the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"; an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"; discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"; idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"; express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"; exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

severity collapse: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

keep quiet collapse: refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information; "Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!"

debut collapse: the presentation of a debutante in society; appear for the first time in public; "The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out"; make one's debut; "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera"; present for the first time to the public; "The band debuts a new song or two each month"

colloquial collapse: characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"

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