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thrash out collapse: discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement"

pigeonhole collapse: a specific (often simplistic) category; treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"; place into a small compartment

prefiguration collapse: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand; an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come

mineral kingdom collapse: all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms

sort collapse: an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"; a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"; an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"

anvil collapse: a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

terminology collapse: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

morpheme collapse: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units

uppermost collapse: in or into the highest position; "the blade turned uppermost"; in or into the most prominent position, as in the mind; "say what comes uppermost"

index collapse: the finger next to the thumb; an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed; a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time; a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number; adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices"; provide with an index; "index the book"; list in an index

freeloader collapse: someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

suborder collapse: (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order

half collapse: in various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval; (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister"; partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes"

counter collapse: table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted; a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens; a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot"; game equipment used in various card or board games; (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers); a person who counts things; in the opposite direction; "run counter"; speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"

impartiality collapse: an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally

self-restraint collapse: exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"

rewrite collapse: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better"; write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"; rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"

modality collapse: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

raffle collapse: a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money; dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas"

circulation collapse: the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area; the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines); free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant); movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels; number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold; "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising"; (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period

commonplace collapse: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"; completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"

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