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collision course en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.
    • Now that everyone’s on the same continent, more or less, and everyone’s on collision courses, an episode can more naturally flow back and forth. 2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
    • The two boats were on a collision course, so they both veered starboard.

Forms

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collision courses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

on a collision course

Translations (10)

nn kollisjonskurs (path leading to a collision) · nl ramkoers (path leading to a collision) · id jalur tabrakan (path leading to a collision) · ro curs colizional (path leading to a collision) · pt rota de colisão (path leading to a collision) · sv kollisionskurs (path leading to a collision) · fi törmäyskurssi (path leading to a collision) · nb kollisjonskurs (path leading to a collision) · el τροχιά σύγκρουσης (path leading to a collision) · de Kollisionskurs (path leading to a collision)