collapse

The act of collapsing.

Noun

The act of collapsing.
- She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.
- in a state of nervous collapse
- 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. - 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko,...
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
Ellipsis of batting collapse.

From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).

To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. - 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury:
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.
- However much we like to think of ourselves as something special in world history, in fact industrial societies are subject to the same principles that caused earlier societies to collapse. - 1988, Joseph Tainter,...
Synonyms: slump
To fold compactly.
Synonyms: telescope
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).
Antonyms: expand
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.
- Thomas added: "We presented our experiences of frantically trying to collapse a pram, surrounded by loads of grumpy commuters. - 2023 August 9, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Family-friendly travel: new standard covers...
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.
Synonyms: slump