different between collapse vs surrender
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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surrender
English
Alternative forms
- surrendre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Noun use is from Anglo-Norman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s????nd??/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Verb
surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)
- (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
- I surrender!
- (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
- to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
- (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
- to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
- (transitive, intransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
Synonyms
- ((transitive) give up into the power, control, or possession of another): hand over, overgive
- ((intransitive) give oneself up into the power of another): strike one's flag, wave the white flag
Translations
Noun
surrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders)
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- (law, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
Synonyms
- capitulation
Translations
Anagrams
- surrendre
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