high level or degree; the property of being intense
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passage
the act of passing from one stage to the next
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optimum
most favorable condition or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
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duration
continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"
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duration
the period of time during which something continues
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course
a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course" or "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
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excess
a quantity much larger than is needed
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reference
the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"