Dictionary

collide en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /kəˈlaɪd/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Latin collīdō (“to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together”), from con- (“together”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence col- (“assimilated form of com-”)).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make a direct impact, especially if violent.
   • When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
   • And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley. 2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:
   • No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
   • Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. 1865, John Tyndall, The Constitution of the Universe, published 1869, page 14:
2. (intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
   • China collided with the modern world.
3. (intransitive, poetic) To meet; to come into contact.
   • Out of the doubts that fill my mind / I somehow find, you and I collide 2004, “Collide”, in Stop All the World Now, performed by Howie Day:
   • I knew when we collided / you're the one I have decided who's one of my kind 2009, “Hey, Soul Sister”, in Save Me, San Francisco, performed by Train:
4. (transitive) To cause to collide.

Forms

Deriveds

collider · uncollided · noncolliding · recollide · uncolliding

Relateds

allision · collision · allide · elide · lesion · elision

Synonyms

clash

Translations (94)

cmn 相撞 (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · th โดน (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · de kollidieren (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · ru ста́лкиваться (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · an estrelar-se (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · uk сту́катися (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · eu talka egin (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · ko 충돌하다 (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · bg у́дрям се (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · cs srazit se (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · fi törmätä (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · hu nekiütközik (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · da kollidere (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · uk зіштовхну́тися (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · pt chocar (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · mww tsoo (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · gl colidir (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · hu ütközik (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · mi tūtuki (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · be сутыка́цца (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · ja 打つかる (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · uk стика́тися (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · sk zraziť sa (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · he הִתְנַגֵּשׁ (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · cmn 衝突 /冲突 (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · pt colidir (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · la confligo (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · uk зіткну́тися (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · uk сту́кнутися (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · ko 부딪히다 (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · pl zderzyć się (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · mn мөргөлдөх (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · hu ellenkezik (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · it urtare (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · el συγκρούομαι (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · km បុកគ្នា (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · fr heurter (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · el συγκρούομαι (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · sv kollidera (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · de kollidieren (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · be сту́кнуцца (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · jje 다닥이다 (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · hu sért (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · sq ndesh (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · bg сблъ́скам се (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · bg уда́ря се (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · th ชน (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · pt colidir (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · az toqquşmaq (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · sh су̀дарити се (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · sv krocka (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · es chocar (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · fi törmätä (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · ja 衝突する (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · cmn 抵觸 /抵触 (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · sh sùdariti se (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · pl zderzać się (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · bg сблъ́сквам се (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · fr entrer en collision (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · mi hūtuki (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · uk зіткну́тися (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · el αντικρούομαι (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · de aufeinander stoßen (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · de zusammenstoßen (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · ko 부딪치다 (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · ca xocar (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · mww tsoo (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · pl kolidować (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · ar اِصْطَدَمَ (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · ja 衝突する (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · ru столкну́ться (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · es colisionar (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · gl colidir (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · uk зішто́вхуватися (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · fr percuter (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · de plauzen (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · vi đụng nhau (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · lb kollidéieren (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · el προσκρούω (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · uk стика́тися (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · cs srážet se (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · sv krocka (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · nl botsen (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · cmn 碰撞 (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · sv kollidera (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · eo kolizii (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · hu összeütközik (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · hu beleütközik (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · az toqquşmaq (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · hu ellentétben áll/van (to come into conflict, or be incompatible) · es colidir (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · it scontrarsi (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · jje 부대끼다 (to make a direct impact, especially if violent) · yo kọlù (to make a direct impact, especially if violent)