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determinant collapse: a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"; a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations

disservice collapse: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"

munificence collapse: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

midterm collapse: middle of an academic term or a political term in office; the middle of the gestation period

microbe collapse: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

major league collapse: the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

coffee break collapse: a snack taken during a break in the work day; "a ten-minute coffee break"; "the British have tea breaks"

quartering collapse: dividing into four equal parts; living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel); a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages

edge collapse: a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"; a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"; a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition"; the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it"; the boundary of a surface; provide with an edge; "edge a blade"; advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"

punctuate collapse: insert punctuation marks into; interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

moralize collapse: improve the morals of; interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story"

chevron collapse: an inverted V-shaped charge; V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"

meridian collapse: an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"; a town in eastern Mississippi; of or happening at noon; "meridian hour"

quoit collapse: game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

acme collapse: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

point up collapse: emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"

promontory collapse: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

knight errantry collapse: quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior; (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry

princely collapse: having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner"

pithy collapse: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

value collapse: relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe; the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"; a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"; an ideal accepted by some individual or group; "he has old-fashioned values"; the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices"; (music) the relative duration of a musical note; fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate"

inconsiderable collapse: too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"

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