collapse

Meaning

Verb

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) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
5. (intransitive) 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.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of collapsing.
2. (countable, uncountable) Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of batting collapse.

Opposite of

expand

Synonyms

fall

cave in

fall down

ruin

break down

fall in

crash

crumble

downfall

drop

breakdown

failure

slump

tumble down

fail

break

tumble

destruction

give way

fall apart

faint

flop

wreck

destroy

sink

decay

crumple

crack

fall through

subside

fall over

founder

die

💀

damage

be ruined

come to nothing

subsidence

sag

give

fall to pieces

topple

swoon

fold

droop

ruination

disintegration

prostration

disintegrate

dilapidation

deterioration

Translations

s’effondrer

crollare

collasso

effondrement

colapso

Zusammenbruch

Kollaps

s’écrouler

zusammenbrechen

Einsturz

chute

desplomarse

colapso

einstürzen

collassare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/k(ə)ˈlæps/

Etymology

From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).