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canvass collapse: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

muster collapse: a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster"; call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.; gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

signal collapse: any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"; any incitement to action; "he awaited the signal to start"; "the victory was a signal for wild celebration"; an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes; notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"

assembly collapse: the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly"; a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit; a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose

concurrence collapse: acting together as of agents or circumstances or events; the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"; agreement of results or opinions; a state of cooperation

inventory collapse: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month"; a detailed list of all the items in stock; (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods; make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year"

bug collapse: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate; a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly; a fault or defect in a system or machine

call up collapse: an order to report for military duty; bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court"; call to arms; of military personnel

levee collapse: an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing; a pier that provides a landing place on a river; a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

command collapse: availability for use; "the materials at the command of the potters grew"; the power or authority to command; "an admiral in command"; great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"; an authoritative direction or instruction to do something; a military unit or region under the control of a single officer; a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"; make someone do something; be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army"; demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"

affair collapse: a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"; a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

library collapse: a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study; a room where books are kept; "they had brandy in the library"; a building that houses a collection of books and other materials; (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use; a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing

attendance collapse: the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.); the number of people that are present; "attendance was up by 50 per cent"; the frequency with which a person is present; "a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade"

survey collapse: a detailed critical inspection; consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"; plot a map of (land); make a survey of; for statistical purposes; look over in a comprehensively, inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates"

triangulation collapse: a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated; a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation

quorum collapse: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

hypothesis collapse: a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"; a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

combination collapse: the act of combining things to form a new whole; the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order; a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities; an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes); a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination"; a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe"; a coordinated sequence of chess moves

gambling house collapse: a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)

symptom collapse: anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence; (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

theorem collapse: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates

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