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specifically collapse: in distinction from others; "a program specifically for teenagers"; "he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes"

specific collapse: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"; stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"; (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"; being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"; relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters"

emergence collapse: the act of emerging; the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"; the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

lobby collapse: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation; the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest; detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

migration collapse: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another; the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding; (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule; a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

ransom collapse: the act of freeing from captivity or punishment; payment for the release of someone; money demanded for the return of a captured person; exchange or buy back for money; under threat

salvo collapse: a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval"; an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

enunciation collapse: the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

suburbia collapse: suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture

transference collapse: (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst

sale collapse: a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed"; the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"; an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"; an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer); "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office"; the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling; "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"; "the new line of cars will soon be on sale"

suction collapse: a force over an area produced by a pressure difference; empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"; remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"

osmosis collapse: diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal

daily collapse: a newspaper that is published every day; occurring or done each day; "a daily record"; "day-by-day labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman; "her day-after-day behavior"; "an every day occurrence"; measured by the day or happening every day; "a daily newspaper"; "daily chores"; "average daily wage"; "daily quota"; without missing a day; "he stops by daily"

else collapse: other than what is under consideration or implied; "ask somebody else"; "I don't know what else to do"; "where else can we look?"; (usually used with `or') if not, then; "watch your step or else you may fall"; "leave or else I'll get angry"; additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner; "nobody else is here"; "she ignored everything else"; "I don't know where else to look"; "when else can we have the party?"; "couldn't decide how else it could be done"

post collapse: the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post"; an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"; a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"; the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"; United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914); United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960); United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935); publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"; display, as of records in sports games; mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"; put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"; affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a warning"; ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait; transfer (entries) from one account book to another; assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"; enter on a public list

restriction collapse: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"

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