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song and dance collapse: theatrical performance combining singing and dancing

background collapse: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear; a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"; information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"; the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"; relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"; extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"; understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

prorate collapse: divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"; make a proportional settlement or distribution

convert collapse: a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief; change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"; change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"; change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"; change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"; cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"; make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"; score (a spare); complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw"; score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won"

foist collapse: insert surreptitiously or without warrant; to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"

batten collapse: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm; secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"; furnish with battens; "batten ships"

slip away collapse: leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard"

improvisation collapse: an unplanned expedient; a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

adapt collapse: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

gymnasium collapse: athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training

deceive collapse: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"; be false to; be dishonest with

auditorium collapse: the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

distance collapse: the property created by the space between two objects or points; size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"; indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"; a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"; the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"; a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details"; keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"

displacement collapse: act of removing from office or employment; to move something from its natural environment; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one; (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

switch over collapse: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

reform collapse: a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"; self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"; a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"; change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"; make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"; improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"; break up the molecules of; "reform oil"; produce by cracking; "reform gas"; bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

feign collapse: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

epilogue collapse: a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"; a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

parry collapse: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword; impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

synchromesh collapse: an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly

dislocate collapse: put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"; move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

scape collapse: erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip

qualify collapse: make more specific; "qualify these remarks"; make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"; describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"; pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"; prove capable or fit; meet requirements

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