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Etymology
From L. collapsus (past participle of collabi)

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-collapse.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æps|-æps

Verb
en-verb|collapses|collapsing|collapsed intransitive

1. To fall down suddenly; to cave in
2. To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown
3. To fold compactly
4. Cricket For several batsman|batsmen to get out in quick succession

Translations
trans-top|to fall down suddenly; to cave in
Finnish: sortua, romahtaa, luhistua
Italian: collassare, crollare
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Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|��خا�|trRookhAndin|scKUchar
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trans-top|to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown
Finnish: romahtaa
trans-mid
Italian: collassare, bloccarsi, [[arrestarsi]

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trans-top|to fold compactly
Finnish: luhistua
trans-mid
Italian: collassare, crollare
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trans-top|cricket term
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ttbc|Hebrew: ��ת���� (le'hitmot'et'), �קר�ס (liqros) (1); �קר�ס (liqros) (2)
ttbc|Old English: dreosan|dr�osan
ttbc|Telugu: ��ప�ప��ల� (kuppakoolu)
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Verb
en-verb|collapses|collapsing|collapsed transitive

1. To cause something to collapse.

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

Translations
trans-top|to cause to collapse
Finnish: romauttaa, romahduttaa, purkaa, kaataa, rommauttaa
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Italian: far collassare, far crollare
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Noun
en-noun

1. The act of collapsing
2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)

Translations
trans-top|act of collapsing
Dutch: instorten
Finnish: romahdus, sortuminen, luhistuminen
Hebrew: �ת�����ת (hitmot'et'ut) f, קר�ס� (qrisa) f
Italian: collasso m (in medicine), crollo m (material and financial), tracollo (in finance)
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Portuguese: colapso m
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trans-top|one-valued function
Italian: funzione costante, collasso
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Category:English ergative verbs

ar:collapse
de:collapse
fr:collapse
ko:collapse
io:collapse
it:collapse
pt:collapse
ru:collapse
simple:collapse
fi:collapse
ta:collapse
te:collapse
vi:collapse
zh:collapse

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