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broad minded collapse

council collapse: a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"; a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"; (Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

huddle collapse: (informal) a quick private conference; a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women"; crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"; crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"

national assembly collapse

confrontation collapse: a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison; the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"; a hostile disagreement face-to-face; discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions; a bold challenge

association collapse: the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"; the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"; (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species; a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"; (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding; a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"; the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"

staff collapse: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"; (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written; a rod carried as a symbol; the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"; personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"; building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration; provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"; serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"

SEC collapse: (of champagne) moderately dry

discussion collapse: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"; an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

summit collapse: a meeting of heads of governments; reach the summit of a mountain; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"

parley collapse: a negotiation between enemies; discuss, as between enemies

congress collapse: the legislature of the United States government; a meeting of elected or appointed representatives; a national legislative assembly

catholic collapse: a member of a Catholic church; free from provincial prejudices or attachments; "catholic in one's tastes"; of or relating to or supporting Catholicism; "the Catholic Church"

municipal collapse: of or relating to the government of a municipality; "international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz; relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality; "municipal government"; "municipal bonds"; "a municipal park"; "municipal transportation"

upper house collapse

lower house collapse

judiciary collapse: persons who administer justice; the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

in session collapse

advisory collapse: an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat; "a frost advisory"; giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative"

town meeting collapse: government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters; a meeting of the inhabitants of a town

ecumenical collapse

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

steering committee collapse: a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body

judicature collapse

bloc collapse: a group of countries in special alliance

court collapse: respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"; an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"; a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"; a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"; the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court"; the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state; the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince; an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business; Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947); engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"

inquisition collapse: a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals); a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

FBI collapse

committee collapse: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle; a self-constituted organization to promote something

soiree collapse: a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)

planetary collapse: of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball"

board collapse: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"; a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"; food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"; a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"; a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes; provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"; lodge and take meals (at); get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.); live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"

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

at home collapse: a reception held in your own home; at, to, or toward the place where you reside; "he worked at home"; on the home team's field; "they played at home last night"

admonition collapse: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger); a firm rebuke

cosmopolitan collapse: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries; of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"; composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"; growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"

fete collapse: an elaborate party (often outdoors)

global collapse: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"

housewarming collapse: a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home

monition collapse: a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted

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