to collapse

Examples

• All

• In the process of therapy, when the multiple selves are collapsed into one, much is lost.

  Academic text (1999)

• Team members independently identified codes and then worked together to combine and collapse them into themes.

  Academic text (2015)

• Same thing with these two sides, they collapse into each other as well.

• Looks like they collapse up in here.

• It's going into something that has to collapse, right?

• Look, collapse a little more.

  The Three Musketeers (1973)

• So all of the M terms here are collapsed into zero.

• When I pulled it back, it sort of collapsed but it worked in the end.

  Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

• Consequently, for purposes of planning, they were collapsed into a single category of "special needs" children.

  Academic text (1990)

• To save space, you can collapse the table by folding its legs.

Synonyms

F

to fold

vsto collapse

220 1.0

Bend something so one part lies on top of another

is mainly used to close up objects to make them smaller or compact

C

to compress

vsto collapse

94 3.7

To press something so it takes less space

does the same size reduction by folding or closing rather than by pressure

R

to roll up

vsto collapse

25 3.4

Fold or turn something so it becomes a tight round shape

is more general meaning to close up something to reduce its size

D

to deflate

vsto collapse

18 3.1

To let air out of something so it becomes smaller or loses its shape

achieves smallness by folding or closing rather than removing air

G

to gather in

vsto collapse

16 4.3

Fold or pull cloth so it takes up less space

is the general action of bringing items together to reduce their overall size

C

to compact

vsto collapse

11 4.4

To press something so it becomes smaller and takes less space

focuses on folding or closing to make things smaller rather than pressing them

F

to fold up

vsto collapse

6 3.0

Bend something, like a map or blanket, so it becomes small for storage

is used more widely to mean closing up to make something smaller

S

to scrunch up

vsto collapse

• Informal

1 4.1

To press something so it becomes wrinkled, for example paper or your face

focuses on folding or closing to make items smaller without wrinkling

T

to telescope

vsto collapse

6.8

To slide parts together so they fit inside one another

is the general action of closing parts together not only sliding nested ones

Antonyms

O

to open

∞ 1.0

To lead into another room or space

E

to expand

805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

Compounds

G

gravitational collapse

• Specialized

1 7.9

A star or other space object falls inward because of its own gravity and becomes smaller and denser

How Compact

to compress

94 3.7

to collapse

48 3.5

to fold up

6 3.0

to fold

220 1.0

to flatten

23 2.6

Surface Forms

Etymology