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col·lide
(kə-līd′)intr.v. col·lid·ed, col·lid·ing, col·lides
1. To come together with violent, direct impact.
2. To meet in opposition; conflict: "an unlikely foray by an industrial conglomerate into the terrain where entertainment and merchandising collide" (Laura Bird).
[Latin collīdere : com-, com- + laedere, to strike.]
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collide
(kəˈlaɪd)vb (intr)
1. to crash together with a violent impact
2. to conflict in attitude, opinion, or desire; clash; disagree
[C17: from Latin collīdere to clash together, from com- together + laedere to strike, wound]
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col•lide
(kəˈlaɪd)v. -lid•ed, -lid•ing. v.i.
1. to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; crash.
2. to clash; conflict.
v.t. 3. to cause to collide.
[1615–25; < Latin collīdere to strike together =col- col-1 + -līdere, comb. form of laedere to strike]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
collide
- Its Latin base is laedere, "hurt by striking."See also related terms for hurt.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
collide
Past participle: collided
Gerund: colliding
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| Verb | 1. | collide - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash" conflict - be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!" |
| 2. | collide - cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles" crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" | |
| 3. | collide - crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" smash - collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail" shock - collide violently |
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collide
verb
1. crash, clash, meet head-on, come into collision Two trains collided head-on early this morning.
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collide
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَتَصَادَمُيَتَصادَم، يَصْطَدِم
srazit sesrazit
kollidere
törmätä yhteen
להתנגש
sudariti se
rekast á
衝突する
충돌하다
susidūrimassusidurti
sadurtiessaskrieties
trčiti
kollidera
ปะทะกัน
va chạm
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
collide
[kəˈlaɪd] vi [cars, trains] → entrer en collision; [people] → se heurter
to collide with sth → entrer en collision avec qch
to collide with sb → se heurter à qn, se heurter contre qn
to collide with sth → entrer en collision avec qch
to collide with sb → se heurter à qn, se heurter contre qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
collide
vi
(lit) → zusammenstoßen or -prallen; (Naut) → kollidieren; they collided head-on → sie stießen frontal zusammen; to collide with somebody → mit jdm zusammenstoßen; to collide with something → gegen etw prallen
(fig, person) → eine heftige Auseinandersetzung haben (with mit); (interest, demands) → kollidieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
collide
(kəˈlaid) verb to strike together (usually accidentally) with great force. The cars collided in the fog; The van collided with a lorry.
collision (kəˈliʒən) noun a crash; a violent striking together (of eg two vehicles). Ten people were injured in the collision between the bus and the car.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
collide
→ يَتَصَادَمُ srazit se kollidere zusammenstoßen συγκρούομαι colisionar törmätä yhteen entrer en collision sudariti se entrare in collisione 衝突する 충돌하다 botsen kollidere zderzyć się colidir сталкиваться kollidera ปะทะกัน çarpışmak va chạm 碰撞Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009