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collapse

/kəˈlaps/

US pronunciation

American sound/kəˈlaps/

kəˈlaps

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

kə - ˈlaps -> collapse

Myanmar meaning

(v) ယင်းသို့ဖြစ်စေသည်။ (n) ပြိုကျခြင်း။ လဲကျခြင်း။ ယိုယွင်းခြင်း။ ပျက်ပြားခြင်း။ တန်ဖိုးထိုးကျခြင်း။

Full entry

collapse /kǝ'læps/ v

၁။ ပြိုသည်။ လဲသည်။
The whole building collapsed. ❍ The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. ❍ The wind caused the tent to collapse.
၂။ (က) မေ့လဲသည်။ မူးလဲသည်။ He collapsed (in the street) and died on the way to the hospital.
(ခ) ပစ်လှဲသည်။ တုံးလုံးလှဲသည်။ When I get home I like to collapse on the sofa and listen to music.
၃။ (က) ယိုယွင်းသည်။ ပျက် ပြားသည်။ His health collapsed under the pressure of work. ❍ The enterprise collapsed through lack of support. ❍ Talks between management and unions have collapsed.
(ခ) ရှုံးနိမ့်သွားသည်။ အရေးနိမ့်သွားသည်။ All opposition to the scheme has collapsed.
၄။ (ဈေးနှုန်း၊ ငွေကြေးတန်ဖိုး စသည်) ရုတ်တရက် ထိုးကျသည်။ Share prices collapsed after news of poor trading figures.
၅။ ခေါက်သည်။ ခေါက်သိမ်းနိုင်သည်။ a chair that collapses for easy storage.
၆။ (medical ) (က) (အဆုတ်၊ သွေး ကြော၌) သွေးပြတ်သွားသည်။
(ခ) ယင်းသို့ဖြစ်စေသည်။
n [U, C usu sing ]
၁။ ပြိုကျခြင်း။ လဲကျခြင်း။ the collapse of the building/roof/bridge.
၂။ ယိုယွင်းခြင်း။ ပျက်ပြားခြင်း။ the collapse of negotiations/sb's health/law and order ❍ The economy is in a state of (total) collapse. ❍ a state of physical/mental/nervous collapse.
၃။ တန်ဖိုးထိုးကျခြင်း။ the collapse of share prices/the dollar/the market.
❏ collapsible adj ခေါက်၍ရသော။ ခေါက်…။ a collapsible bicycle/boat/chair.

More examples

There were fears that the roof would collapse.
A man had collapsed on the hospital steps.
I ended up collapsing with exhaustion.
[collapse in/into/onto] : He collapsed in an exhausted heap.
The trial collapsed amid allegations that officers fabricated evidence.
[collapse under the strain/pressure] : The old system would have collapsed under the strain.
The chairs collapse for easy storage.
His heart was failing and one of his lungs had collapsed.

Synonyms

fall down, cave in, give way, crumple, subside, disintegrate, attack, bankruptcy, basket case, belly up, bend, break, break down, breakdown, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave-in, conk out, crack up, crack-up, crackup, crash, crisis, debacle, deflate, destruction, disassemble, disintegration, disorganization, disruption, dissolve, downfall, droop, drop, end, exhaust, exhaustion, fail, failure, faint, fall, fall apart, flag, flake out, flop, fold, fold up, folding, founder, give, give in, give out, go, go to pieces, illness, keel over, languish, minimize, prostration, put away, ruin, ruination, ruining, shatter, shut down, smash, smashup, subsidence, succumb, tire, topple, undoing, weaken, weary, wilt, wreck, yield

Antonyms

accomplish, achieve, activate, build, build-up, create, creation, energize, fix, good fortune, grow, increase, inflate, invigorate, mend, miracle, refresh, rise, straighten, strengthen, succeed, success, withhold, wonder

Cross references

fall down cave in give way crumple subside disintegrate attack bankruptcy basket case belly up bend break break down breakdown cataclysm catastrophe cave-in conk out crack up crack-up crackup crash crisis debacle deflate destruction disassemble disintegration

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