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for all practical purposes collapse: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"

more or less collapse

approximately collapse: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

practically collapse: in a practical manner; "practically orientated institutions such as business schools"; "a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely"; almost; nearly; "practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train"; "he was practically the only guest at the party"; "there was practically no garden at all"

go against collapse

contrast with collapse

roundly collapse: in a round manner; "she was roundly slim"

unsentimental collapse

horse sense collapse

oppugn collapse

practicality collapse: concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

down-to-earth collapse: sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense"

athwart collapse: at right angles to the center line of a ship

withstand collapse

common sense collapse: sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

realist collapse: a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them; a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style; a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

unidealistic collapse

level head collapse

take issue with collapse

countervail collapse

contra collapse

counterpose collapse

probationer collapse: someone released on probation or on parole; a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period

in opposition to collapse

scientific collapse: conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach"; of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific journals"

RN collapse

roughly collapse: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"; with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"

versus collapse

contraindication collapse: (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment

at cross purposes collapse

showdown collapse

hardheaded collapse: guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

break off collapse

sanity collapse: normal or sound powers of mind

worldly collapse: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement"

sane collapse: mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

wieldy collapse: easy to handle or use or manage; "a large but wieldy book"

performable collapse

against collapse

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