collapse
IPA: kʌɫˈæps
noun
- The act of collapsing.
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
verb
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- (transitive, computing) To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.
- (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
- (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
- (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
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Examples of "collapse" in Sentences
- A building collapses.
- The business collapses.
- The civilisation collapses.
- The bulwark eventually collapsed.
- That event forebodes the collapse.
- This regime is going to collapse and fall soon.
- This was forestalled by the collapse of the deal.
- If you can fit a coin in the crack in the roof, the house is in danger of collapse.