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opener collapse: a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans); the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees"

talk collapse: the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"; an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"; discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"; idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"; express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"; exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

price support collapse: a government subsidy used to maintain prices at a certain level

declaration collapse: a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written); (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence"; a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

Medicaid collapse: health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program

Medicare collapse: health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

handshake collapse: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

program collapse: a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours"; a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"; (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"; an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program"; arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"; write a computer program

scholarship collapse: financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit

nay collapse: a negative; "the nays have it"; not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"

nation collapse: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"; a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"; United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

route collapse: divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"; send via a specific route; send documents or materials to appropriate destinations

write up collapse: bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation; "The New York Times wrote him up last week"; "Did your boss write you up?"

no collapse: a negative; "his no was loud and clear"; used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement; "no, you are wrong"; not in any degree or manner; not at all; "he is no better today"; referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present; "he was no heavier than a child"

plunder collapse: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

civic collapse: of or relating or belonging to a city; "civic center"; "civic problems"

martial law collapse: the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law

procedure collapse: a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings; a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

view collapse: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"; outward appearance; "they look the same in outward view"; the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"; purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'; "he took the computer with a view to pawning it"; the range of the eye; "they were soon out of view"; look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"

debut collapse: the presentation of a debutante in society; appear for the first time in public; "The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out"; make one's debut; "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera"; present for the first time to the public; "The band debuts a new song or two each month"

attitude collapse: a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"; a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"; position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

nationality collapse: people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation; "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense of nationality"; the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

custom collapse: accepted or habitual practice; habitual patronage; "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"; a specific practice of long standing

machine collapse: any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks; a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point; a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"; an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine"; an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"; make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"; turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

quantification collapse: the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something; a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')

outer collapse: being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"; located outside; "outer reality"

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