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catch on collapse: become popular; "This fashion caught on in Paris"; understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

beyond collapse: in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond"; farther along in space or time or degree; "through the valley and beyond"; "to the eighth grade but not beyond"; "will be influential in the 1990s and beyond"; on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond"

hypostasis collapse: (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality; any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united; the accumulation of blood in an organ; the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene

thinker collapse: an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"; someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

oracle collapse: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted; a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

hereafter collapse: following this in time or order or place; after this; "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"; in a future life or state; "hope to win salvation hereafter"

Tellus collapse: (Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea

whippersnapper collapse: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

mandarin collapse: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China; a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China; a high public official of imperial China; any high government official or bureaucrat; a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group; shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

all over collapse: over the entire area; "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"; "she ached all over"; "everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot"

plenum collapse: an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside; a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present; "the plenum will vote on all tax increases"

continent collapse: the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"; one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"; having control over urination and defecation

parsimonious collapse: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

West collapse: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America; the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River; English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820); United States film actress (1892-1980); British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983); the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees; situated in or facing or moving toward the west; to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona"; "situated west of Boston"

East collapse: the countries of Asia; the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River; the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees; situated in or facing or moving toward the east; to, toward, or in the east; "we travelled east for several miles"; "located east of Rome"

constituent collapse: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction; a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"

elder statesman collapse: an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders; any influential person whose advice is highly respected

Gaea collapse: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology

materiality collapse: the quality of being physical; consisting of matter; relevance requiring careful consideration

mentor collapse: a wise and trusted guide and advisor; serve as a teacher or trusted counselor; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring"

nonpartisan collapse: a person who is nonpartisan; free from party affiliation or bias

system collapse: instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"; the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"; a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"; a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"; a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"; a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"; (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium; "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide"

streetwise collapse: having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment

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