collapse
Pronunciation: /kəˈlæps/
The English word “collapse” has 10 meanings listed here.
verb
- To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- 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.
- To cause something to collapse.
- To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
noun
- The act of collapsing.
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
Etymology
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
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