Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To make a direct impact, especially if violent.

    When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.

    kollidieren, zusammenstoßen, plauzen

    ста́лкиватьсяstálkivatʹsja, столкну́тьсяstolknútʹsja

    зішто́вхуватисяzištóvxuvatysja, зіштовхну́тисяzištovxnútysja, стика́тисяstykátysja

    crash together with violent impact

  2. (intransitive)To come into conflict, or be incompatible.

    China collided with the modern world.

    kollidieren, aufeinander stoßen

    стика́тисяstykátysja, зіткну́тисяzitknútysja

    be incompatible; be or come into conflict

  3. (intransitive, poetic)To meet; to come into contact.

  4. (transitive)To cause to collide.

    cause to collide

Examples

70 sentences
  1. Our bus collided with a truck.

    ruНаш автобус столкнулся с грузовиком. — odexed

    deUnser Bus ist mit einem Lastwagen zusammengestoßen. — Wolf

  2. The car collided with a truck.

  3. His car collided with a train.

    ruЕго машина столкнулась с поездом. — paul_lingvo

  4. The truck collided with the bus.

    deDer Lkw stieß mit dem Bus zusammen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The two cars collided.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make a direct impact, especially if violent:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make a direct impact, especially if violent:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make a direct impact, especially if violent:
to come into conflict, or be incompatible:

Origin

From Latin collīdō (“to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together”), from con- (“togeth

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-”)).

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Forms

collides, colliding, collided, collided
Base formcollide · to collide
3rd person singularcollides
Present participlecolliding
Past simplecollided
Past participlecollided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycollide
he, she, itcollides

Past simpleLesson

all personscollided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave collided
he, she, ithas collided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill collide

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • crash together with violent impact:clash
  • be incompatible; be or come into conflict:clashjar

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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