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How to pronounce “collapse”
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Pronunciation guide for collapse
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of collapse with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What is Real?
and instead, the wave function collapses.
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce collapse
What is Real?
and instead, the wave function collapses.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “collapse”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse.
- (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
- (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
- [Noun]
- The act of collapsing.
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset). (Can we add an example for this sense? )
- (cricket) Ellipsis of batting collapse.
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