collapse
The act of collapsingThe act of collapsing.
» The country's economy is about to collapse.
Die Wirtschaft des Landes steht vor dem Zusammenbruch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Экономика страны находится на грани краха. — marafon
Экономика страны на грани коллапса. — Biga
Економіка країни на грані краху. — deniko
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of collapsing.
She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.
in a state of nervous collapse
Kollaps, Zusammenbruch
обва́лobvál, прова́лprovál, колла́псkolláps
кола́псkoláps, крахkrax, обва́лobvál
(countable, uncountable)Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
- a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
- an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Examples
434 sentencesThe country's economy is about to collapse.
Економіка країни на грані краху. — deniko
ruЭкономика страны находится на грани краха. — marafon
deDie Wirtschaft des Landes steht vor dem Zusammenbruch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The bridge collapsed.
Міст рухнув. — deniko
ruМост рухнул. — Wezel
deDie Brücke brach zusammen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The tower is going to collapse.
ruБашня вот-вот рухнет. — marafon
deDer Turm ist am Einstürzen. — Esperantostern
Tom died when the building collapsed.
I'm on the verge of collapse.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
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Forms
plural: collapsesSynonyms
3 synonyms- an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion:prostration
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink:flop
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures):crash
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.