Definitions of collapse [əˈlæps]

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Definition of 'collapse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) collapse
to fall or cave in; crumble suddenly.

2.  collapse
to be made so that sections or parts can be folded up, as for storage.

3.  collapse
to break down; fail utterly:
The peace talks have collapsed.

4.  collapse
to fall unconscious or fall down, as from a heart attack or exhaustion.

5.  collapse
(of lungs) to come into an airless state.

6.  collapse
to fall or decline suddenly, as in value.

7. (v.t.) collapse
to cause to collapse.

8. (n.) collapse
a falling in, down, or together:
trapped by the collapse of a tunnel.

9.  collapse
a sudden, complete failure; breakdown.

Etymology: (1725–35; < L collāpsus, ptp. of collābī to fall, fall in ruins =col-col -¹+lābī to fall)

Definition of 'collapse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) collapse, prostration
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
"the commander's prostration demoralized his men"

2. (noun) collapse
a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
"the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

3. (noun) flop, collapse
the act of throwing yourself down
"he landed on the bed with a great flop"

4. (verb) crash, collapse
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

5. (verb) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
break down, literally or metaphorically
"The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

6. (verb) break down, collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

7. (verb) collapse
fold or close up
"fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"

8. (verb) crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
fall apart
"the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

9. (verb) collapse, burst
cause to burst
"The ice broke the pipe"

10. (verb) crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
suffer a nervous breakdown

11. (verb) collapse
lose significance, effectiveness, or value
"The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"

Definition of 'collapse'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) collapse
(of person) to fall down and lose consciousness
He collapsed and died the next day.

2. collapse
(of building or structure) to fall down
The mine walls had collapsed.

3. collapse
(of process or system) to fail
a regime that is collapsing; Peace talks soon collapsed.; his sudden collapse; the collapse of the dictatorship

Definition of 'collapse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) collapse
a falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel

2. (noun) collapse
a sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown

3. (noun) collapse
extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance

4. (verb) collapse
to fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses

5. (verb) collapse
to fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance

Translation of 'collapse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to fall down and break into pieces The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.
Afrikaans: inmekaar tuimel	Arabic: يَسْقُط، يَتَداعى	Bulgarian: срутвам се
Brazilian: ruir	Czech: zřítit se	German: zusammenbrechen
Danish: styrte sammen; falde samm	Greek: καταρρέω	Spanish: derrumbarse
Estonian: kokku varisema	Farsi: در هم شکسته شدن	Finnish: sortua
French: s'écrouler	Hebrew: לְהִתמוֹטֵט	Hindi: टूट कर गिर जाना
Croatian: srušiti se, propasti	Hungarian: összeomlik	Indonesian: runtuh
Icelandic: falla saman, hrynja	Italian: crollare	Japanese: 崩壊する
Korean: 붕괴되다	Lithuanian: sugriūti	Latvian: iebrukt; iegrūt
Malay: runtuh	Dutch: instorten	Norwegian: falle/bryte sammen
Polish: zawalić się	Persian: در هم شکسته شدن	Pashto: collapse [v]ټوك ټوك كېدل:
Portuguese: ruir	Romanian: a se prăbuşi	Russian: обваливаться
Slovak: zrútiť sa	Slovenian: zrušiti se	Serbian: srušiti se
Swedish: kollapsa	Thai: พังทลาย	Turkish: çökmek
Taiwanese: 倒塌	Ukrainian: руйнуватися; обвалюватися	Urdu: نیچے گر ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہونا
Vietnamese: sụp đổ	Chinese: 倒塌
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