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intern collapse: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term); work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"; deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"

allegorize collapse: make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"; interpret as an allegory

invention collapse: the act of inventing; a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation; the creation of something in the mind

fame collapse: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed; favorable public reputation

other collapse: very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow; not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"

epic collapse: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"; constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; "epic tradition"

stratum collapse: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

coauthor collapse: a writer who collaborates with others in writing something

riot collapse: a public act of violence by an unruly mob; take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"

fortune collapse: a large amount of wealth or prosperity; your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

hearing collapse: (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence; the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"; a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"; an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

national anthem collapse: a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation

scriptwriter collapse: someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas

whole collapse: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"; all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"; including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"; (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters"

tier collapse: one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"; something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers"; a worker who ties something; any one of two or more competitors who tie one another

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"

notoriety collapse: the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

topic collapse: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

resident collapse: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there; living in a particular place; "resident aliens"

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