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intuitive collapse: obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation; spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive revulsion"

fraternal collapse: (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova; "fraternal twins are biovular"; of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men; "a fraternal order"

brotherly collapse: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties"; (archaic as adverb) in a brotherly manner

arrive collapse: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"; succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

sententious collapse: abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

popularize collapse: make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"; cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"

uncertainty collapse: being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

favorite collapse: something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"; appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction"

unwritten collapse: based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence

presumption collapse: a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable"; audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"; (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

time-honored collapse: acceptable for a long time; "time-honored customs"; honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions"

acknowledged collapse: recognized or made known or admitted; "the acknowledged leader of the community"; "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments"; "his acknowledged error"; generally accepted

veracious collapse: precisely accurate; "a veracious account"; habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness"

hint collapse: a slight indication; an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"; drop a hint; intimate by a hint

catch on collapse: become popular; "This fashion caught on in Paris"; understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

drift collapse: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"; the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation"; a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"; something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents; a force that moves something along; the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane); a process of linguistic change over a period of time; be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"; be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"; drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"; cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"; move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"; vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"

pregnant collapse: carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

sake collapse: a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"; the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"; Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

desideratum collapse: something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"

explicate collapse: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

effect collapse: (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect"; an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"; the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work; a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"; produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"; act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"

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