English Explanatory Dictionary

collapse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
  2. To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
  3. To fold compactly.
  4. In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
  5. To suffer a batting collapse.
  6. To cause something to collapse.
  7. To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
noun
  1. The act of collapsing.
  2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
  3. Ellipsis of batting collapse.

Pronunciation

/kəˈlæps/ /klæps/ en-us-collapse.ogg en-au-collapse.ogg /kɵˈlæps/

Word forms

collapse collapses collapsing collapsed

Etymology

From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).

Synonyms

slump telescope

Antonyms

expand

Derived words

collapsable collapsible noncollapsed noncollapsing recollapse semicollapsed uncollapse uncollapsed batting collapse Bronze Age collapse collapsar collapsin collapsism collapsitarian collapsium collapsogram collapsology colony collapse disorder context collapse fantasy collapse gravitational collapse Late Bronze Age collapse model collapse paleocollapse pedigree collapse postcollapse precollapse vino collapso wavefunction collapse
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