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double entendre collapse: an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

irony collapse: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"; a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

frame of reference collapse: a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

source book collapse: a collection of historically important documents published together as a book

polyglot collapse: having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages"

invoke collapse: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

universe collapse: everything stated or assumed in a given discussion; everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

studbook collapse: official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses

citation collapse: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948; a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding; an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement; a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"; (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

punctuation collapse: the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases; the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases; something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

quote collapse: put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"; repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"; refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"; name the price of; "quote prices for cars"

reference book collapse: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

encyclopedia collapse: a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

casebook collapse: a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work; according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example"

binary collapse: consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms) or based on two; "a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system has two as its base"; of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base; "a binary digit"

reference collapse: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"; the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"; the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"; a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"; refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"

advocacy collapse: active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

twofold collapse: by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year"

ambidextrous collapse: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray; equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon"

dual collapse: a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek"

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