collapse

English Online Dictionary. What means collapse‎? What does collapse mean?

English

Etymology

From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k(ə)ˈlæps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Verb

collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)

1. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
2. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

3. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
4. (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).

   Antonym: expand

5. (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse.
6. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
7. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.

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Noun

collapse (countable and uncountable, plural collapses)

1. The act of collapsing.
2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset). (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (cricket) Short for batting collapse.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Capellos, escallop

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: collapsent, collapses

Verb

collapse

1. inflection of collapser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

collāpse

1. vocative masculine singular of collāpsus