collapse
co
kə
kē
llapse
ˈlÃĻps
lāps
/kəˈlÃĻps/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "collapse"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

(of a construction) to fall down suddenly, particularly due to being damaged or weak
Intransitive
to collapse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bridge collapsed under the weight of the overloaded truck.
āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāχ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϜāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϏ⧇āϤ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ…āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a person) to fall and become unconscious
Intransitive
to collapse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The marathon runner collapsed at the finish line after pushing through extreme fatigue.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϚāϰāĻŽ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻļ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of prices, shares, etc.) to suddenly decrease in terms of amount or value
Intransitive
to collapse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Housing prices collapsed during the recession, causing many homeowners to owe more than their properties were worth.
āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ‹āĻŖā§€ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to make something fall down or break apart
Transitive: to collapse a structure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The explosion collapsed the walls of the factory, leaving nothing standing.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻŖāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāρāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to fold something in a way that it is compacted into a smaller, more manageable size or space
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tent collapsed into a small bag, making it easy to carry on the hike.
āϤāĻžāρāĻŦ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤
06

āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϤāύ

to experience a sudden and complete failure
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His business collapsed when the economy took an unexpected downturn.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϤāύ āϘāϟāϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻ…āĻšā§‡āϤāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž

a situation in which a person suddenly falls down or loses consciousness because of tiredness or an illness
collapse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Causes of collapse can range from dehydration and low blood sugar to heart problems or neurological conditions.
āĻĒāϤāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻšāĻžāχāĻĄā§āϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϰāĻ•ā§āϤ⧇ āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

the act of throwing oneself down, often intentionally or dramatically
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the long day, she gave a dramatic collapse onto her bed.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϧāϏ, āĻĒāϤāύ

the sudden failure or falling down of a building or structure
collapse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rescue teams worked tirelessly after the collapse of the old factory.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĻāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ

(of a system, organization, etc.) a sudden and abrupt failure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company faced a collapse after years of mismanagement.
āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
3.1

āĻĒāϤāύ, āϧāϏ

a sudden decrease in something's value, such as a price or stock
collapse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The collapse of the tech bubble in the early 2000s caused massive losses in the stock market.

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