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either collapse: after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'; "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"

manner of speaking collapse: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

articulation collapse: the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible; expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"; the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech; the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

lexeme collapse: a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'

after a fashion collapse: to some extent; not very well; "he speaks French after a fashion"

appreciably collapse: to a noticeable degree; "they weather was appreciably colder"

glide collapse: the activity of flying a glider; move smoothly and effortlessly; cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly; fly in or as if in a glider plane

thus collapse: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)

relatively collapse: in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now"

incompletely collapse: not to a full degree or extent; "words incompletely understood"; "a form filled out incompletely"

so far collapse: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet"; used after a superlative; "this is the best so far"; "the largest drug bust yet"

voice collapse: a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"; the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"; the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"; the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"; something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"; a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"; (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"; (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes; give voice to; "He voiced his concern"; utter with vibrating vocal chords

aspiration collapse: a will to succeed; a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

antonym collapse: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"

timbre collapse: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

homonym collapse: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

synonym collapse: two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

routine collapse: an unvarying or habitual method or procedure; a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; "made her routine trip to the store"

jointure collapse: (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

wrist collapse: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

peak collapse: the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"; of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; "at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable"; to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"

merely collapse: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"

assimilation collapse: in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance; a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound; the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another; the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family

enunciation collapse: the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

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