collapse.
To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
Meaning & usage
To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
The wall collapsed when it was hit by the wrecking ball.
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.
To fold compactly.
To conflate, to ignore the distinctions between.
In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
To suffer a batting collapse.
Immediately after his wicket the team collapsed for 69.
To cause something to collapse.
Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
The act of collapsing.
She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.
in a state of nervous collapse
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
Ellipsis of batting collapse.
Where this word comes from
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.