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derive collapse: develop or evolve from a latent or potential state; come from; "The present name derives from an older form"; obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"

pretense collapse: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"; imaginative intellectual play; pretending with intention to deceive

cogitable collapse: capable of being thought about; "space flight to other galaxies becomes more cogitable"

somehow collapse: in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means; "they managed somehow"; "he expected somehow to discover a woman who would love him"; "he tried to make is someway acceptable"; for some unspecified reason; "It doesn't seem fair somehow"; "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it"; "for some reason they didn't seem to match"

unaware collapse: (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"

explanation collapse: thought that makes something comprehensible; a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"; the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"

provocation collapse: needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"

needlessly collapse: without need; "it would needlessly bring badness into the world"

unwitting collapse: not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment"

examine collapse: question closely; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

logic collapse: reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"; a system of reasoning; the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation; "economic logic requires it"; "by the logic of war"; the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations; the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

incidentally collapse: in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"

elucidation collapse: an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on

sift collapse: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"; move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

unbalanced collapse: debits and credits are not equal; being or thrown out of equilibrium

conclude collapse: bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation; reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"; come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"

small collapse: a garment size for a small person; the slender part of the back; limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain"; on a small scale; "think small"

crusade collapse: any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims; go on a crusade; fight a holy war; exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

deduction collapse: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect); something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"; an amount or percentage deducted

discourse collapse: extended verbal expression in speech or writing; to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The article covered all the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"

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