collide
Meaning
- (intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
- (intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
- (intransitive, poetic) To meet; to come into contact.
- (transitive) To cause to collide.
Synonyms
be coincident with
come together accidentally
meet unexpectedly
crash against
brush against
bump against
fall foul of
knock into
smash into
come into collision
impaction collide
knock against
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈlaɪd/
Etymology
From Latin collidere (“to strike or clash together”), from com- (“together”) + laedere (“to strike, dash against, hurt”); see lesion.
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