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preside collapse: act as president; "preside over companies and corporations"

experiment collapse: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation; a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"; the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"; to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"; try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style"

fulfillment collapse: the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc); a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires

captivity collapse: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

work out collapse: come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"; be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000"; happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well; "Things worked out in an interesting way"; "Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed"

programmer collapse: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

normalize collapse: make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling"; become normal or return to its normal state; "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon"

conspiracy collapse: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot); a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act; a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

direction collapse: a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"; a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"; a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"; the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"

restive collapse: impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

shrewish collapse: continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"

working collapse: a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked; serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity; "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"; "they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects"; adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something; "the party has a working majority in the House"; "a working knowledge of Spanish"

feudalism collapse: the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

basic training collapse: the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline

pilot collapse: someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight; a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

protection collapse: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"; the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"; the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"; the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"

conservation collapse: the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources; (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations; an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

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