Definitions for COLLAPSE
kəˈlæpscol·lapse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. collapse, prostrationnoun

   an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

   "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"

2. collapsenoun

   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. flop, collapsenoun

   the act of throwing yourself down

   "he landed on the bed with a great flop"

4. crash, collapseverb

   a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

5. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founderverb

   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. break down, collapseverb

   collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

7. collapseverb

   fold or close up

   "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"

8. crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapseverb

   fall apart

   "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

9. collapse, burstverb

   cause to burst

   "The ice broke the pipe"

10. crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapseverb

    suffer a nervous breakdown

11. collapseverb

    lose significance, effectiveness, or value

    "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. collapsenoun

   The act of collapsing

2. collapsenoun

   Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)

3. collapseverb

   To fall down suddenly; to cave in

4. collapseverb

   To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown

5. collapseverb

   To fold compactly

6. collapseverb

   For several batsmen to get out in quick succession

7. collapseverb

   To cause something to collapse.

   Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.

8. collapseverb

   To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint

   The exhausted singer collapsed onstage and had to be taken to the hospital.

9. Etymology: From collapsus (past participle of collabi)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Collapseverb

   To fall together; to close so as that one side touches the other.

   Etymology: co'labor, collapsus, Latin.

   In consumptions and atrophy the liquids are exhausted, and the sides of the canals collapse; therefore the attrition is increased, and consequently the heat. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

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1. collapse

   Collapse refers to the act or instance of falling or giving way suddenly under strain or collapsing into a reduced or damaged state. This can occur in various contexts such as physical structures, health conditions, economic systems, or natural phenomena. It signifies a sudden failure or breakdown.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Collapseverb

   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

2. Collapseverb

   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

3. Collapsenoun

   a falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel

4. Collapsenoun

   a sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown

5. Collapsenoun

   extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance

6. Etymology: [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Collapse

   kol-aps′, n. a falling away or breaking down: any sudden or complete breakdown or prostration.—v.i. to fall together, to contract: to fall or break down: to go to ruin: to lose heart.—adj. Collaps′ible, capable of collapsing. [L. collapsus—col, together, and labi, lapsus, to slide or fall.]

Matched Categories

1. • Change Integrity
   • Descent
   • Fold Up
   • Happening
   • Suffer
   • Weaken

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'COLLAPSE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4248

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'COLLAPSE' in Nouns Frequency: #1689

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'COLLAPSE' in Verbs Frequency: #647

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1. escallop

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of COLLAPSE in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of COLLAPSE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of COLLAPSE in a Sentence

1. Congressman John Lewis of Georgia:

   I believe - Itruly believe - the time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come, todelay or to do otherwise will betray the foundation of our democracy. CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER Are you confused yet ? If so, we dont blame you. If you left town for the week, you may be wondering what the hell is going on exactly. Impeachment ? For years, they told you that Donald Trump was going to be impeached for colluding with Russia, spying for Putin. Then it turned out Donald Trump didnt do that. The story evaporated into dust and seemed to blow away. Then just a few days ago, they were grumbling about impeachment again, and they dragged in Corey Lewandowski. Remember Corey Lewandowski ? They brought Corey Lewandowski to Capitol Hill to make their case. That didnt go well at all. Rep. Nadler You, D-N.Y., House Judiciary Committee chairman : And so we ask you, is it correct that as reported in the Mueller report on June 19th, 2017, you met alone in the Oval Office with the president ? Corey Lewandowski, former Donald Trump campaign manager : Did you read the exact language of the report ? I dont have it available to me. Nadler You : I dont think I need to do that. I have limited time. Did you meet alone with the President on that date ? Lewandowski : Congressman, Id like you to refresh my memory by providing a copy of the report so I can follow along. Nadler You : You dont have a copy with you ? Lewandowski I dont have a copy of the report, congressman. Nadler You dont have any independent recollection of whether you met with the President on that date. Lewandowski : Congressman, Im just trying to find in the Mueller report where it states that. Nadler You : Well, you have it in front of you. I gave you the page number. Corey Lewandowski : We are on Page 90, is it, sir ? Unidentified male : Mr. Chairman, youve got to the clock. Nadler You : No, I dont have to start the clock. Nadler You is filibustering. It didnt take much for Chairman Nadler to collapse live on C - SPAN -- pretty embarrassing. Youd think at some point, Democrats might just decide to run a real presidential campaign in 2020 and beat Donald Trump that way, just like in a democracy. It would have to be more effective than what theyre doing now, and the numbers show it. As of this morning, Donald Trump Trumps approval rating was the highest it has been since the inauguration. But no, Democrat dont want to wait until the next election. They dont want to wait until November. Politics takes too long, and it leaves too much to chance. The risk of democracy is voters might not agree with you. Hillary Clinton learned that the hard way in 2016. And the one thing Democrats dont want to do is to repeat that. Better to remove your opponents by force, if you can. Which brings us to the latest question of impeachment : What exactly is this about ? Sorry to laugh in the middle of this -- weve spent all day trying to figure out what is the impeachment story. Its about Ukraine. Its less than a week old. And so you might be forgiven for not understanding why would the president be impeached for a story that the Democrats literally cant explain ? What did the president do wrong ? Were going to do our best to tell you the case that theyre making. And honestly, as we said, its confusing and not all that interesting. Within a sentence, here is what theyre saying. Theyre saying that in a phone call with the president of Ukraine, Donald Trump threatened to delay a $ 400 million military aid package to Ukraine, unless the Ukrainian government agreed to investigate possible criminal activity involving Joe Bidens son. Why Joe Bidens son ? Well for five years, Joe Bidens son, Joe Bidens, it turns out, was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to serve on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. Why would Joe Bidens son be on the board of a Ukrainian gas company ? Joe Bidens had no experience in the energy business. Joe Bidens didnt speak the relevant language. Joe Bidens apparently had no experience whatsoever in the region. It turns out at that very moment, Joe Biden was President Obamas point man for Ukraine. Oh. So at a certain point during this saga, the gas company in question was investigated. And then in 2016, the Ukrainian prosecutor overseeing that investigation was fired. Apparently, he was fired under pressure from Joe Biden. Now to the layman, that looks a lot like corruption. What does it have to do with the president being impeached ? Well, the accusation is that Donald Trump suggested that that squelched investigation deserved a second look. And Democrats say that suggestion was an impeachable offense. Are you following this ? Of course, there are plenty of other reasons that the U.S. might not want to send $ 400 million to Ukraine. Its a notoriously corrupt country, for one thing. What do we get out of it, is another. And by the way, sending military aid to Ukraine may please the neocons in CNN -- Bill Kristol was strongly for it -- but it also greatly increases the chances of conflict with Russia. And of course, that would mean nuclear conflict potentially. Whats the point of that, exactly ? Nobody has bothered to explain why sending $ 400 million in military aid to Ukraine is in the interest of the United States. They havent even thought to explain that. Theyre too busy yelling about impeachment. And theyre doing it with all the hysterical intensity that has become the hallmark of the modern left. They have a lot of energy. Too bad, none of it is focused on the countrys real problems, and there are a lot of them. We dont want to go through the same litany again, but we will hit on just a couple because theyre worth mentioning. Our national debt is exploding. And that includes credit card debt, by the way. Personal debt at Donald Trumps approval rating ever measured. We have a war in Afghanistan that we cant seem to win or end. Our towns outside the big cities are being decimated and desiccated by opioids and suicide. If you havent been there, drive through and take a look for yourself. We have basically an open border with Mexico. Tech companies trying to control our freedom of speech. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In many ways, our country is on the wrong track, and people know it. Everybody knows it, Democrats and Republicans. But instead of trying to fix any of that, Democrats want to spend the next year explaining -- and they plan to -- why it was perfectly fair for Joe Bidens neer-do-well sonto get 600 grand a year from Ukrainian oligarchs. Thats totally fine. But its somehow criminal for Donald Trump to ask about that. Thats the message. Good luck with that. Hard to imagine many voters will be impressed by it. Adapted from Tucker Carlsons monologue from.

2. Esfandyar Batmanghelidj:

   At best, Russia can aim to demonstrate resilience to sanctions, but that just means staving a runaway economic collapse, this is why the real cost of sanctions is an opportunity cost of forgone growth.

3. Tom Oliver:

   In terms of a potential tipping point where the loss of insects causes whole ecosystems to collapse, the honest answer is we just don't know when the point of no return is, we know that you can't just keep losing species without, ultimately, causing a catastrophic outcome.

4. Satoshi Kamayachi:

   There isn't that much capacity (of hospital beds) left in Tokyo, so a (medical collapse) is no longer unforeseeable, the number of patients is clearly rising, so the situation is becoming more urgent.

5. Jay Hatfield:

   The dramatic reversal of The Federal Reserve liquidity... will collapse the pandemic era bubble in crypto currencies, money losing tech companies and meme stocks.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=COLLAPSE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Collapse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=COLLAPSE
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/COLLAPSE
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=COLLAPSE