# collapse
## English
### Etymology

From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /k(ə)ˈlæps/
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* 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.
** 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury:A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
* (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) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
    Antonym: expand
* (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse.
* (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
    Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
** 2023 August 9, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Family-friendly travel: new standard covers pushchairs”, in RAIL, number 989, page 26:Thomas added: "We presented our experiences of frantically trying to collapse a pram, surrounded by loads of grumpy commuters.
* (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

* collapsable
* collapsible
* noncollapsed
* noncollapsing
* recollapse
* semicollapsed
* uncollapse
* uncollapsed

#### Translations

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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: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?)
* (cricket) Short for batting collapse.

#### Derived terms

* 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

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Capellos, escallop

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: collapsent, collapses

### Verb

collapse
* inflection of collapser:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Participle

collāpse
* vocative masculine singular of collāpsus