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approximate collapse: located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"; very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"; not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"; be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

predilection collapse: a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

bulge collapse: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"; cause to bulge or swell outwards; swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"; bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

tendency collapse: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"; a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

body language collapse: communication via the movements or attitudes of the body

replace collapse: substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"; put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

better collapse: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two"; a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"; (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history"; (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better"; more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour"; comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job"; from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better."; get better; "The weather improved toward evening"; to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"; surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"

wrest collapse: obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

crossroads collapse: a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"

up and down collapse: moving backward and forward along a given course; "he walked up and down the locker room"; "all up and down the Eastern seaboard"; alternately upward and downward; "he eyed him up and down"

proceeding collapse: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

adept collapse: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"

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