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refresher course collapse: a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments

moral collapse: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"; concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"; psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; "a moral victory"; "moral support"; arising from the sense of right and wrong; "a moral obligation"; relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics; "moral philosophy"

lieutenant collapse: an officer in a police force; a commissioned military officer; an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade

life cycle collapse: a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage; the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced

life force collapse: (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

biological clock collapse: an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions

point of view collapse: the spatial property of the position from which something is observed; a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

nonintervention collapse: a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes

anima collapse: (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious

officer collapse: a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"; direct or command as an officer

civilian collapse: a nonmilitary citizen; associated with or performed by civilians as contrasted with the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life"

major collapse: the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"; a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain; a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"; British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943); greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"; greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"; of full legal age; of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"; of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics"; of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"; of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"; have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics"

imperative collapse: some duty that is essential and urgent; requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"; relating to verbs in the imperative mood

John Doe collapse: an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings; a hypothetical average man

serendipity collapse: good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

heartbeat collapse: an animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"

opportunity collapse: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

prosecutor collapse: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

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