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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"

reminder collapse: an experience that causes you to remember something; a message that helps you remember something; "he ignored his wife's reminders"

shadow collapse: refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow"; a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"; an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow"; a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"; shade within clear boundaries; follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"; make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year"; cast a shadow over

engage collapse: get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"; keep engaged; "engaged the gears"; hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"; carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"; ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"

epidemic collapse: a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time; (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"

assure collapse: assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"; inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"

keep quiet collapse: refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information; "Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!"

hibernate collapse: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"; be in an inactive or dormant state

enter collapse: become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations"; come on stage; to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

formalize collapse: make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"

roll in collapse: pour or flow in a steady stream; "mist rolled in from the sea"; "tourists rolled in from the neighboring countryside"

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

shrug collapse: a gesture involving the shoulders; raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

confirm collapse: make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"; strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"; administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"; support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"

foghorn collapse: a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone; a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships

green light collapse: permission to proceed with a project or to take action; "the gave the green light for construction to begin"; a signal to proceed

wink collapse: closing one eye quickly as a signal; signal by winking; "She winked at him"; force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"

memorialize collapse: address in a memorial; "The President memorialized the heroes of the battle"

initiate collapse: people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"; someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"; accept young people into society, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"

prognosis collapse: a prediction of the course of a disease; a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

conceal collapse: hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well"

wigwag collapse: signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code; send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code

capitalize collapse: convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital; consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses; compute the present value of a business or an income; write in capital letters; draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"; supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders

key signature collapse: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

mobilize collapse: cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"; make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"; get ready for war

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

signature collapse: a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book; your name written in your own handwriting; a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

negotiate collapse: succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass"

digit collapse: a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates; one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"

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