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- 1. hit by accident when moving: "she collided with someone" Similar
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The meaning of COLLIDE is to come together with solid or direct impact. How to use collide in a sentence.
COLLIDE definition: 1. (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently: 2. (especially of moving objects) to…. Learn more.
If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them.
collide (rather formal) (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into somebody/ something else: The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog. smash ( rather informal ) to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this; to crash a car:
COLLIDE meaning: 1. (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently: 2. (especially of moving objects) to…. Learn more.
Collide definition: to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash. See examples of COLLIDE used in a sentence.
to strike together (usually accidentally) with great force. The cars collided in the fog; The van collided with a lorry. chocar. a crash; a violent striking together (of eg two vehicles).
When things crash together, they collide. The verb collide has roots in the Latin word collidere, which comes from col-or “together” and laedere, “to strike or damage," like planes that collide in midair. Collide can also describe ideas that clash, such as expectations that collide with reality or radical views that collide with tradition.
If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them. [...]
COLLIDE definition: When two objects collide, they hit each other with force, usually while moving: . Learn more.
