how to pronounce collapse

/kəˈlæps/

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collapse is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of collapse in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the cause of the collapse still unknown …”

meaning of collapse

Collapse means to fall suddenly and violently.

collapse frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word collapse occurs in english on average 14.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics collapse can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that collapse can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;