different between collapse vs capitulation
collapse
English
Etymology
From Latin coll?psus (past participle of coll?bor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??læps/
- Rhymes: -æps
Verb
collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury
- A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
- 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury
- (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- (transitive, computing) To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.
- (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
- (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.
Derived terms
- collapsible
Translations
Noun
collapse (countable and uncountable, plural collapses)
- 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?)
Translations
Anagrams
- Capellos, escallop
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: collapsent, collapses
Verb
collapse
- first-person singular present indicative of collapser
- third-person singular present indicative of collapser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of collapser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of collapser
- second-person singular imperative of collapser
Latin
Participle
coll?pse
- vocative masculine singular of coll?psus
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capitulation
English
Etymology
From Middle French capitulation.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
capitulation (countable and uncountable, plural capitulations)
- A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
- The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
- The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
- An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
Related terms
- chapiter
- chapter
- capital
- capitalism
- captain
- capitulate
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Noun
capitulation f (plural capitulations)
- capitulation
Further reading
- “capitulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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