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moment of truth collapse: a crucial moment on which much depends; the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull

coffee break collapse: a snack taken during a break in the work day; "a ten-minute coffee break"; "the British have tea breaks"

procrastinate collapse: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"; postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

forever collapse: for a very long or seemingly endless time; "she took forever to write the paper"; "we had to wait forever and a day"

leisure collapse: freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; "he lacked the leisure for golf"; time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him little leisure"

apartheid collapse: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

eventually collapse: within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he will understand eventually"; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality"

already collapse: prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated"

ultimately collapse: as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over"

heat collapse: the trait of being intensely emotional; the sensation caused by heat energy; a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race; a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature; make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"; gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly"; provide with heat; "heat the house"

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

by and by collapse: at some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"

fascism collapse: a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)

now collapse: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"; used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"; at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"; in the immediate past; "told me just now"; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."

crystal ball collapse: a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers

time and a half collapse: a rate of pay that is 1.5 times the regular rate; for overtime work

hysteresis collapse: the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field

here collapse: the present location; this place; "where do we go from here?"; in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here on Earth"; to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please"; in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail; "what do we have here?"; "here I must disagree"; at this time; now; "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon"

handicap collapse: advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning; put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements"; attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant

triplet collapse: one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

bout collapse: a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers); a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression"

meanwhile collapse: during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified"; at the same time but in another place; "meanwhile, back at the ranch..."

relativity collapse: the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else; (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts

hesitate collapse: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"; interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

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