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advanced collapse: (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically"; far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"; ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"; at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"; farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"; ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"

progressive collapse: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going; advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"; favoring or promoting reform (often by government action); favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"; (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases; gradually advancing in extent

feast collapse: something experienced with great delight; "a feast for the eyes"; partake in a feast or banquet; provide a feast or banquet for

roll out collapse: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"; straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

bicentennial collapse: the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it); of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years; "bicentennial celebration"

asceticism collapse: rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint; the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state

immediate collapse: having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"; performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"; immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect; "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"; of the present time and place; "the immediate revisions"

leap year collapse: in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400

summer school collapse: an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study

past collapse: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past; the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"; a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"; earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"; a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle"

absent collapse: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"; not in a specified place physically or mentally; go away or leave; "He absented himself"

occur collapse: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"; to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

field day collapse: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering; a time of unusual pleasure and success; a day for outdoor athletic competition; (military) a day for military exercises and display

eleventh hour collapse: the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"

take the cake collapse: rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"

peace offering collapse: something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

interminably collapse: all the time; seemingly without stopping; "a theological student with whom I argued interminably"; "her nagging went on endlessly"

imperfect collapse: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

Yom Kippur collapse: (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law

rainy day collapse: a (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day"

long ago collapse: of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish

avoidance collapse: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

missing collapse: not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person"

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