Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic Something considered to be of the utmost importance; something essential or ultimate.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim
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Siamese Twins - X and/or Y
Collocations with 'and' & 'or'
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Last Words
Endings, results, and pinnacles. The ideal here is to somehow imply the paradoxical concept of "after-endings".
consequence, aftermath, finality, outcome, postmundane, endgame, redound, cloture, bourne, meridian, memento mori, psychopomp and 72 more...
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And Another Thing
adam and eve, again and again, alpha and omega, arts and crafts, b and b, back and forth, bacon and eggs, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and blue, black and tan, blood and guts and 165 more...
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