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admit collapse: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"; allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"; allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"; serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"; give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"; afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

devote collapse: set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"

emit collapse: expel (gases or odors); give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"

vocalize collapse: utter speech sounds; pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"; sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

foremost collapse: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship"; situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship"; prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"

attend to collapse: get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"

threaten collapse: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"; to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"

listen in collapse: listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation; listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"

ream collapse: a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires; a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"; enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"; remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"; squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"

while away collapse: spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time

despond collapse: lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"

rationalize collapse: remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"; think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"; structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"

dress down collapse: put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression

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