āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to collapse
01
āϧāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
(of a construction) to fall down suddenly, particularly due to being damaged or weak
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bridge collapsed under the weight of the overloaded truck.
āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāύā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϏā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋ āϧāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of a person) to fall and become unconscious
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The marathon runner collapsed at the finish line after pushing through extreme fatigue.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻļ āϞāĻžāĻāύ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of prices, shares, etc.) to suddenly decrease in terms of amount or value
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Housing prices collapsed during the recession, causing many homeowners to owe more than their properties were worth.
āĻŽāύā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϏāύā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āϧāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻā§āĻšāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŖā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĨ¤
04
āϧāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to make something fall down or break apart
Transitive: to collapse a structure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The explosion collapsed the walls of the factory, leaving nothing standing.
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻĢā§āϰāĻŖāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
05
āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to fold something in a way that it is compacted into a smaller, more manageable size or space
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tent collapsed into a small bag, making it easy to carry on the hike.
āϤāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϝāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰāĻž āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĨ¤
06
āϧāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϤāύ
to experience a sudden and complete failure
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His business collapsed when the economy took an unexpected downturn.
āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻāύ āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻāĻāϞ āϤāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āϧāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĨ¤
Collapse
01
āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻ āĻā§āϤāύ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž
a situation in which a person suddenly falls down or loses consciousness because of tiredness or an illness
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Causes of collapse can range from dehydration and low blood sugar to heart problems or neurological conditions.
āĻĒāϤāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§āϰā§āĻļāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϰāĻā§āϤ⧠āĻļāϰā§āĻāϰāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
1.1
āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
the act of throwing oneself down, often intentionally or dramatically
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the long day, she gave a dramatic collapse onto her bed.
āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻāĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āϧāϏ, āĻĒāϤāύ
the sudden failure or falling down of a building or structure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rescue teams worked tirelessly after the collapse of the old factory.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĻāϞāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻ
āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻĒāϤāύ, āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ
(of a system, organization, etc.) a sudden and abrupt failure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company faced a collapse after years of mismanagement.
āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
3.1
āĻĒāϤāύ, āϧāϏ
a sudden decrease in something's value, such as a price or stock
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The collapse of the tech bubble in the early 2000s caused massive losses in the stock market.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
collapsed
collapse
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