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protocol collapse: code of correct conduct; "safety protocols"; "academic protocol"; forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state; (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

citizenry collapse: the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"

Cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

unveiling collapse: putting on display for the first time; "he attended the unveiling of the statue"

procedure collapse: a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings; a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

communion collapse: the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation"; sharing thoughts and feelings; (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites

dice collapse: small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers; play dice

curtain raiser collapse: any preliminary activity; a short play presented before the main play

prefabricate collapse: produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally; to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings

patois collapse: a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

sermon collapse: a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him"; an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

questioning collapse: a request for information; perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression"

interchange collapse: mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information); a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams; reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

dossier collapse: a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)

sculpt collapse: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"; create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"

quadrate collapse: a square-shaped object; a cubelike object; having four sides and four angles

function collapse: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"; what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"; a formal or official social gathering or ceremony; "it was a black-tie function"; a relation such that one thing is dependent on another; "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand"; a mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set; perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

decency collapse: the quality of being polite and respectable; the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

makeup collapse: cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance; an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later"

unwritten collapse: based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence

populace collapse: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

supervision collapse: management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

legislation collapse: the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body

ordering collapse: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

exaggeration collapse: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"; making to seem more important than it really is

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