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modern collapse: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes; a contemporary person; characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture; used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"; belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"

aberrant collapse: one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group; markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

circumstances collapse: a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances"; the state (usually personal) with regard to wealth; "each person was helped according to his circumstances"

muse collapse: the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"; in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

everyday collapse: commonplace and ordinary; "the familiar everyday world"; found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

gnome collapse: a short pithy saying expressing a general truth; a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

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"

saying collapse: a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

customary collapse: in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake"

traditional collapse: consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality"; pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"

deviate collapse: turn aside; turn away from; cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"; be at variance with; be out of line with

random collapse: lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements"; taken haphazardly; "a random choice"

indicator collapse: a device for showing the operating condition of some system; a signal for attracting attention; (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction

hip collapse: either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh; the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum; the fruit of a rose plant

indirect collapse: not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"; extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"; having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause"; not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage"

electricity collapse: keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"; a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons; energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"

ebb collapse: the outward flow of the tide; a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number); fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"; hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb; flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

actual collapse: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"; being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"; taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"; existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"; being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

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