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act out collapse: represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage; "She could act neurotic anxiety"

impersonate collapse: represent another person with comic intentions; assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

portray collapse: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"; make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"; represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

antihero collapse: a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)

part music collapse: vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)

role collapse: normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?"

fixings collapse: the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings"; "he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it"

enact collapse: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

debrief collapse: put someone through a debriefing and make him report; "The released hostages were debriefed"

plurality collapse: (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes); the state of being plural; "to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable"

deactivate collapse: remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service"

after a fashion collapse: to some extent; not very well; "he speaks French after a fashion"

appreciably collapse: to a noticeable degree; "they weather was appreciably colder"

ingredient collapse: a component of a mixture or compound; food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"

relatively collapse: in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now"

incompletely collapse: not to a full degree or extent; "words incompletely understood"; "a form filled out incompletely"

go through the motions collapse: pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions"

so far collapse: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet"; used after a superlative; "this is the best so far"; "the largest drug bust yet"

act as collapse: function as or act like; "This heap of stones will act as a barrier"

canto collapse: a major division of a long poem; the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music

ingenue collapse: the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play; an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage); an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl

represent collapse: point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"; describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"; serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"; create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"; be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority"; be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven"; take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"

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