collapse
English
Etymology
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
Pronunciation
Verb
collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury
- A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
- 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury
- (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.
- (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- (transitive, computing) To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.
- (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
- (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
- Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
- (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
- The exhausted singer collapsed on stage and had to be taken to the hospital.
Derived terms
Translations
to fall down suddenly; to cave in
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to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown
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to fold compactly
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(computing) to hide additional directory (folder) levels.
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cricket term
to cause to collapse
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to pass out and fall to the floor or ground
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Noun
collapse (countable and uncountable, plural collapses)
- The act of collapsing.
- She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.
- 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- The top six are assured of continental competition and after making a statement of intent against Stoke, it would take a dramatic collapse for Newcastle to surrender their place.
- 2021 May 5, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Heathrow Western Rail Access scheme 'on hold'”, in RAIL, number 930, page 26:
- However the collapse in demand for rail and air travel caused by the pandemic has had a knock-on effect for the project's funding.
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset). (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
act of collapsing
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one-valued function
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
collapse
- inflection of collapser:
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) collāpse
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