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subvention collapse: the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort; grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution

decision collapse: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"; a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"; the outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row"; (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent"

iniquity collapse: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

road map collapse: a map showing roads (for automobile travel); a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"

find collapse: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"; succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark"; perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"; obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"; come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"; come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

fault collapse: (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"; responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John's fault"; (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"; (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

parterre collapse: an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern

unproved collapse: not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"

investment collapse: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank; the act of putting on robes or vestments; outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism; money that is invested with an expectation of profit

crime collapse: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

ravine collapse: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

delusive collapse: inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"

valley collapse: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

fly in the ointment collapse: an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something

esplanade collapse: a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore

pockmark collapse: a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease; mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease"

subsidy collapse: a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public; "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence"

horizontal collapse: something that is oriented horizontally; parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"

solution collapse: the successful action of solving a problem; "the solution took three hours"; a method for solving a problem; "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook"; a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"; the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation; a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water"

award collapse: a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"; a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"; give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"; give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

untrue collapse: not true to an obligation or trust; "is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty"-Bruno Laske; not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"

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