Collapse Definition

kə-lăps
collapsed, collapses, collapsing
verb
collapsed, collapses, collapsing
To fall down or fall to pieces, as when supports or sides fail to hold; cave in; shrink together suddenly.
Webster's New World
To cause to collapse.
Webster's New World
To break down suddenly; fail; give way.
The enemy's defense collapsed.
Webster's New World
To break down or fail suddenly in health or physical strength.
Webster's New World
To fall down, as from a blow or exhaustion.
Webster's New World
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noun
collapses
The act of falling down or inward, as from loss of supports.
American Heritage
The act of collapsing; a falling in or together; failure or breakdown, as in business or health.
Webster's New World
An abrupt loss of perceived value or of effect.
The collapse of popular respect for the integrity of world leaders.
American Heritage
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Collapse

Noun

Singular:
collapse
Plural:
collapses

Origin of Collapse

  • Latin collābī collāps- to fall together com- com- lābī to fall

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin collapsus (past participle of collabi)

    From Wiktionary

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