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derivation collapse: the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin; drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation; drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body; a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions; the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"; (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'

chronology collapse: the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events; a record of events in the order of their occurrence; an arrangement of events in time

annals collapse: a chronological account of events in successive years; reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

serendipity collapse: good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

opportunity collapse: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

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"

point of view collapse: the spatial property of the position from which something is observed; a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

attitude collapse: a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"; a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"; position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

approve collapse: judge to be right or commendable; think well of; give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

random sample collapse: a sample grabbed at random; a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected

riposte collapse: (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge; make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"

abstraction collapse: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples; the act of withdrawing or removing something; an abstract painting; the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances; a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

concept collapse: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

promote collapse: change a pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent; be changed for a superior chess or checker piece; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"; contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

luck collapse: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

hap collapse: an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

history collapse: the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"; all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"; a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"; the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"; the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"

uphold collapse: stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals; support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

channel collapse: a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"; a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"; a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"; (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"; a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"; direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience"

opinion collapse: the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself); a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"; the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"; a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

noise collapse: incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"; the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"; a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"; sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"; electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

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