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diagnose collapse: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis; subject to a medical analysis

circumnavigate collapse: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"

portray collapse: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"; make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"; represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

interpret collapse: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"; give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

recount collapse: an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election; count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"

characterize collapse: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

understand collapse: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"; believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"; make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

read collapse: something that is read; "the article was a very good read"; to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"; interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"; obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"; indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"; have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

keynote collapse: a fundamental or central idea; the principal theme in a speech or literary work; set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"; give the keynote address to (an audience)

recite collapse: repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"; render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"

circulate collapse: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"; move around freely; "She circulates among royalty"; move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"; cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room"; cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty"

revolve collapse: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

flank collapse: the side between ribs and hipbone; a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg; the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank"; a subfigure consisting of a side of something; be located at the sides of something or somebody

demarcate collapse: set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something; separate clearly and as if by boundaries

differentiate collapse: become distinct and acquire a different character; become different during development; "cells differentiate"; calculate a derivative; take the derivative

go around collapse: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"; be sufficient; "There's not enough to go around"

document collapse: anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks; writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature); a written account of ownership or obligation; support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"; record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development"

distinguish collapse: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"; be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"

define collapse: give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"; determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"; show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"

explain collapse: make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"; define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

profile collapse: biographical sketch; an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile of serial killers"; a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers; a side view representation of an object (especially a human face); represent in profile, by drawing or painting; write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"

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