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cantata collapse: a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text

syncopation collapse: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm; a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

adaptation collapse: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light); a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"; the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

bop collapse: an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940); dance the bebop

turnaround collapse: act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip; an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around; time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip

juxtaposed collapse: placed side by side often for comparison; "juxtaposed pictures"

beard collapse: hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals; the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face; a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality); a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses; go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights"

pout collapse: a disdainful grimace; make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"

inversion collapse: the act of turning inside out; turning upside down; setting on end; a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex; (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa; (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed; the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer; a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa; abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

suite collapse: apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel); a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected; a matching set of furniture

contiguous collapse: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

transcript collapse: a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record); something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech; "he read a transcript of the interrogation"; "you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station"

stare down collapse: overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent"

avert collapse: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

switch over collapse: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

blues collapse: a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes; a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"

adjacent collapse: near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"; nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

confront collapse: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"; present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"; oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"; be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

connecting collapse: syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction"

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