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motif collapse: a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors; a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

proximity collapse: the property of being close together; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit; the region close around a person or thing

foreground collapse: (computer science) a window for an active application; the part of a scene that is near the viewer; move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"; "highlight the passage so that you can find it again when you open the book"

accuracy collapse: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"; (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"

immediacy collapse: lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"; the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"; immediate intuitive awareness

confines collapse: a bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city"

background collapse: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear; a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"; information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"; the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"; relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"; extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"; understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

neighborhood collapse: people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"

vicinity collapse: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

theme collapse: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"; (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"; provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus"

exactness collapse: the quality of being exact; "he demanded exactness in all details"; "a man of great exactitude"

anatomize collapse: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"; dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"

setting collapse: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"; the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat"; the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"

detail collapse: an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"; extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too much detail"; a crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees"; a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"; assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"; provide details for

foil collapse: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button; a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"; picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"; cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"; enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

substantiate collapse: solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

particularity collapse: the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"

parse collapse: analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)

spell out collapse: make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out your demands"; spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?"

fixings collapse: the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings"; "he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it"

specifically collapse: in distinction from others; "a program specifically for teenagers"; "he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes"

specify collapse: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"; be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"; determine the essential quality of

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