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time collapse: the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past; a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"; an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"; an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"; a suitable moment; "it is time to go"; a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"; adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"; regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"; assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"; set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

now collapse: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"; used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"; at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"; in the immediate past; "told me just now"; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."

entail collapse: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple; land received by fee tail; impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"; have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

on the spot collapse: without delay or immediately; "we hired her on the spot"; "thought they were going to shoot us down on the spot"; at the place in question; there; "they were on the spot when it happened"; "it had to be decided by the man on the spot"; in a difficult situation; "that question really put him on the spot"

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"

salvo collapse: a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval"; an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

party collapse: an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"; a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner"; an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"; a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"; a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"; have or participate in a party; "The students were partying all night before the exam"

antecedent collapse: the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun; a preceding occurrence or cause or event; anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"; preceding in time or order

prerequisite collapse: something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"; required as a prior condition or course of study

circumstance collapse: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"; formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

breed collapse: a lineage or race of people; a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"; a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"; have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs"; copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"

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

exploit collapse: use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"; draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

induce collapse: reason or establish by induction; cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"; cause to arise; "induce a crisis"; cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"; produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

juncture collapse: an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"; a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"

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