how to pronounce collapses

/kəˈlæpsɪz/

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collapses is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… so the oxaphosphatene collapses to form …”

meanings of collapses

noun:

Plural of collapse.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collapse.

collapses frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word collapses occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics collapses 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 collapses can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;