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let collapse: a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again; leave unchanged; "let it be"; actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"; make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"

etymology collapse: the study of the sources and development of words; a history of a word

broadcast collapse: message that is transmitted by radio or television; a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?"; sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds"

genuine collapse: not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"; not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"

walkout collapse: the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest; "there was a walkout by the Black members as the chairman rose to speak"; a strike in which the workers walk out

bid collapse: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"; (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make; a formal proposal to buy at a specified price; ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"; make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"; make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"

exit collapse: the act of going out; an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"; lose the lead; move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

erasure collapse: a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"; a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript"

over collapse: (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch; throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend"; at or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over and see us some time"; "over there"; throughout an area; "he is known the world over"; beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position; "a roof that hangs over";

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'"

attribute collapse: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

verse collapse: a piece of poetry; a line of metrical text; familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology"; compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"

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

letter collapse: a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"; an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports"; the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"; a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention); "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law"; owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire; mark letters on or mark with letters; set down or print with letters; win an athletic letter

character assassination collapse: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

proverb collapse: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

literal collapse: without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"; limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"; avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"

accompanying collapse: following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"

on collapse: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"; (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night"; indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"; in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"

participle collapse: a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

part of speech collapse: one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context

adjective collapse: the word class that qualifies nouns; a word that expresses an attribute of something; relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law ; "adjective law"

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