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| add |
to combine (something) with something else, often to increase the quantity of the latter, or to improve it or make it more complete. [1/5 definitions] |
| afterlife |
the latter part of a person's life. [1/2 definitions] |
| age |
the fact of being in the latter years of one's life. [1/11 definitions] |
| bamboo curtain |
(sometimes cap.) a barrier to trade and diplomacy, based on ideological and political differences, that formerly existed between the People's Republic of China and the West, attributed by the latter to the secrecy and censorship practiced by the Chinese. (Cf. iron curtain.) |
| downstream |
of or relating to the latter parts of a process or sequence. [1/3 definitions] |
| folk-rock |
popular music that combines characteristic elements of folk music and rock-'n'-roll, often using lyrics similar to the former, with rhythm from the latter, as in songs of social protest. |
| Mormon |
a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [2/3 definitions] |
| Neolithic |
(sometimes l.c.) designating the latter part of the Stone Age, from about 8,000 B.C. to about 3,500 B.C., characterized by the use of polished stone tools and the beginnings of farming. |
| symbolist |
a writer or artist who uses symbolic language, imagery, and the like to portray ideas, emotions, and attitudes, esp. any of certain French artists or writers in the latter part of the nineteenth century. [1/2 definitions] |
| tiddlywinks |
(used with a sing. verb) a table game in which the players press large plastic disks against the rims of small ones in order to flick the latter into a cup. |
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