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anachronism collapse: an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

preamble collapse: a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose); make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document

tardiness collapse: the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time

overture collapse: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio; a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"

prelude collapse: music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera; play as a prelude; serve as a prelude or opening to

frontispiece collapse: front illustration facing the title page of a book; an ornamental facade

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

breakthrough collapse: making an important discovery; a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

voluntary collapse: composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance; of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"; controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles"

simile collapse: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

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"

premise collapse: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"; take something as preexisting and given; set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"

anticipation collapse: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence of fulfillment

prefix collapse: an affix that is added in front of the word; attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"

presupposition collapse: the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)

metaphor collapse: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

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