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legitimacy collapse: lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

good form collapse: behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time; "it is not good form to brag about winning"

genuine collapse: not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"; not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"

rite collapse: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"

orthodox collapse: adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world"; of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism; "Orthodox Judaism"; of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

ceremonial collapse: marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"

paradigm collapse: the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

regulate collapse: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"; bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"

understood collapse: fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation; "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear"

formation collapse: the fabrication of something in a particular shape; creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"; a particular spatial arrangement; an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"; natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"

affixation collapse: formation of a word by means of an affix; the result of adding an affix to a root word

determined collapse: having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation; characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy"; determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"; devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"

pukka collapse: absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants"

hallowed collapse: worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil"

lawful collapse: conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"; authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"; according to custom or rule or natural law

recognized collapse: provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority"

guideline collapse: a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters

single collapse: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base; existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness"; used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals; "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals"; hit a single; "the batter singled to left field"

unromantic collapse: neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance

syntax collapse: the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences; studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences; a systematic orderly arrangement

build collapse: develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"; improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"; found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"; build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"; be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles"; give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"; order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state"

morphology collapse: the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants; the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms; the admissible arrangement of sounds in words; studies of the rules for forming admissible words

authentic collapse: not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"; conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information"

line up collapse: take one's position before a kick-off; form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"; get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"; form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"

synchronize collapse: make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts"; cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches"; operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize"; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events"; make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film"; happen at the same time

generate collapse: bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"

de facto collapse: existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war"; in reality or fact; "the result was, de facto, a one-party system"

formality collapse: compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality"; a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies; "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention"; a requirement of etiquette or custom; "a mere formality"

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