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syntactics collapse

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

swear collapse: promise solemnly; take an oath; make a deposition; declare under oath

paleography collapse: the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)

affectation collapse: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

jumble collapse: small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie; assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"; be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"

parole collapse: (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with; a promise; "he gave his word"; release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"

locution collapse

data collapse: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

sinew collapse

information collapse: (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"; knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction; a message received and understood; formal accusation of a crime

idiom collapse: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

inflation collapse: the act of filling something with air; (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang; a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"

manner collapse: a way of acting or behaving; how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"; a kind; "what manner of man are you?"

inferior collapse: one of lesser rank or station or quality; of or characteristic of low rank or importance; of low or inferior quality; having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"; lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"

gazetteer collapse: a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas); a journalist who writes for a gazette

bearing collapse: a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily; dignified manner or conduct; the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies; relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation"; producing or yielding; "an interest-bearing note"; "fruit-bearing trees"

speaking collapse: the utterance of intelligible speech

comment collapse: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"; explain or interpret something; make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"

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