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precautionary collapse: taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; "gave precautionary advice"; "I would take precautionary steps to keep him away"

preparatory collapse: preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"

predictive collapse: of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions

intuitive collapse: obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation; spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive revulsion"

anterior collapse: earlier in time; of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body

prior collapse: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

foremost collapse: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship"; situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship"; prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"

portentous collapse: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

meaningful collapse: having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"

antecedent collapse: the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun; a preceding occurrence or cause or event; anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"; preceding in time or order

preliminary collapse: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"; a minor match preceding the main event; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; "a preliminary investigation"

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"

leading collapse: going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"

inaugural collapse: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"; occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"

indicative collapse: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear"; relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements; "indicative mood"

significant collapse: fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"; important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"; too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"

heading collapse: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

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