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term paper collapse: a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term

monograph collapse: a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject

dissertation collapse: a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

circumlocution collapse: an indirect way of expressing something; a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

dogleg collapse: a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway; angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

etude collapse: a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity

aside collapse: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage; in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"; on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"; out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"; placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing"

detour collapse: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked); travel via a detour

digression collapse: wandering from the main path of a journey; a message that departs from the main subject

episode collapse: a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series; a part of a broadcast serial; a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

paragraph collapse: one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line; write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher; write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper"; divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"

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"

indirection collapse: deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"; indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection"

lucubration collapse: laborious cogitation; a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation

excursion collapse: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"

memoir collapse: an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic; an account of the author's personal experiences

skew collapse: having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew"; turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"

yaw collapse: an erratic deflection from an intended course; swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"; deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"

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