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greeting collapse: (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

scratch pad collapse: pad for preliminary or hasty writing or notes or sketches etc; "scribbling block" is a British term

key signature collapse: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

acceptable collapse: worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"; adequate for the purpose; "the water was acceptable for drinking"; judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"

plebeian collapse: one of the common people; of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"

mundane collapse: belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"; concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

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

banal collapse: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

well-known collapse: widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known"

expression collapse: the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk from her breast"; the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"; expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"; the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"; (genetics) the process of expressing a gene

abstraction collapse: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples; the act of withdrawing or removing something; an abstract painting; the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances; a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

dictate collapse: a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason"; an authoritative rule; say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"; rule as a dictator

unimpassioned collapse: free from emotional appeal; marked by reasonableness; "answered with an unimpassioned defense"; "the unimpassioned intellect"

maxim collapse: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits; English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

stereotyped collapse: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

epiphany collapse: a divine manifestation; twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

threadbare collapse: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

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

pocketbook collapse: pocket-sized paperback book; your personal financial means; "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook"

workbook collapse: a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them

incarnation collapse: (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ; time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

axiom collapse: (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

legato collapse: (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage"; connecting the notes; in music; "play this legato, please"

pizzicato collapse: a note or passage that is played pizzicato; (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger; with a light plucking staccato sound

naming collapse: the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"

album collapse: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc; one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc

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