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initially collapse: at the beginning; "at first he didn't notice anything strange"

primarily collapse: of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

chiefly collapse: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies"

afresh collapse: again but in a new or different way; "start afresh"; "wanted to write the story anew"; "starting life anew in a fresh place"

taproot collapse: something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot"; (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem

first collapse: an honours degree of the highest class; the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"; the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"; being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"; ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"; preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"; highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"; indicating the beginning unit in a series; before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"; the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"; before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"

ground floor collapse: the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building; becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage); "he got in on the ground floor"

beginning collapse: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"; the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"; the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"; the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"; the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

nascent collapse: being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks";"a nascent insurgency"

prenatal collapse: occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care"

basal collapse: of primary importance; serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

encore collapse: an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand; request an encore, from a performer

natal collapse: a port city in northeastern Brazil; a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"; relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"; of or relating to the buttocks

devising collapse: the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"

infantile collapse: being or befitting or characteristic of an infant; "infantile games"; of or relating to infants or infancy; "infantile paralysis"

flying start collapse: a quick and auspicious beginning; a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line

alpha collapse: the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet; the beginning of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations; early testing stage of a software or hardware product; "alpha version"; first in order of importance; "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees"; "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star"

autochthonous collapse: of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed

incipient collapse: only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"

authorship collapse: the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"

parturient collapse: giving birth; "a parturient heifer"; of or relating to or giving birth; "parturient pangs"; "the parturient uterus"

concoction collapse: the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"; an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"; any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

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