collapse
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈlæps/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æps
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.
- Maunder
- A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
- Maunder
- (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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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.
- 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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French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: collapsent, collapses
Latin
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