Meanings
verbcollide (third-person singular simple present collides, present participle colliding, simple past and past participle collided)
present singular third person collides · participle present colliding · participle past collided · past collided
- intransitiveTo make a direct impact, especially if violent.
When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
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Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate.
1865, John Tyndall, The Constitution of the Universe, published 1869, page 14No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley.
2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport - intransitivepoeticTo meet; to come into contact.
Out of the doubts that fill my mind / I somehow find, you and I collide
2004, “Collide”, in Stop All the World Now, performed by Howie Day1 more example
I knew when we collided / you're the one I have decided who's one of my kind
2009, “Hey, Soul Sister”, in Save Me, San Francisco, performed by Train - transitiveTo cause to collide.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latincollīdō“to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together”
- Englishcollide
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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Arabic اِصْطَدَمَ
- اِصْطَدَمَ (iṣṭadama)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
Basque talka egin
- talka eginto make a direct impact, especially if violent
Bulgarian сблъ́сквам се, сблъ́скам се
- сблъ́сквам се (sblắskvam se)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- сблъ́скам се (sblắskam se)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- у́дрям се (údrjam se)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- уда́ря се (udárja se)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
Catalan xocar
- xocarto make a direct impact, especially if violent
Chinese Mandarin 碰撞, 相撞
- 碰撞 (pèngzhuàng)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- 相撞 (xiāngzhuàng)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- 衝突 /冲突 (chōngtū)to come into conflict, or be incompatible
- 抵觸 /抵触 (dǐchù)to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Czech srážet se, srazit se
- srážet seto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- srazit seto make a direct impact, especially if violent
Danish kollidere
- kollidereto make a direct impact, especially if violent
Dutch botsen
- botsento make a direct impact, especially if violent
Esperanto kolizii
- koliziito make a direct impact, especially if violent
Finnish törmätä, törmätä
- törmätäto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- törmätäto come into conflict, or be incompatible
French entrer en collision, heurter
- entrer en collisionto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- heurterto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- percuterto make a direct impact, especially if violent
German kollidieren, zusammenstoßen
- kollidierento make a direct impact, especially if violent
- zusammenstoßento make a direct impact, especially if violent
- plauzento make a direct impact, especially if violent
- kollidierento come into conflict, or be incompatible
- aufeinander stoßento come into conflict, or be incompatible
Greek συγκρούομαι, προσκρούω
- συγκρούομαι (sygkroúomai)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- προσκρούω (proskroúo)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- συγκρούομαι (sygkroúomai)to come into conflict, or be incompatible
- αντικρούομαι (antikroúomai)to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Hebrew הִתְנַגֵּשׁ
- הִתְנַגֵּשׁ (hitnagésh)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
Hungarian összeütközik, beleütközik
- összeütközikto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- beleütközikto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- nekiütközikto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- ellenkezikto come into conflict, or be incompatible
- ütközikto come into conflict, or be incompatible
- ellentétben áll/vanto come into conflict, or be incompatible
- sértto come into conflict, or be incompatible
Italian urtare, scontrarsi
- urtareto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- scontrarsito make a direct impact, especially if violent
Japanese 衝突する, 打つかる
- 衝突する (shōtotsu suru)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- 打つかる (butsukaru)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- 衝突する (shōtotsu suru)to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Korean 충돌하다, 부딪히다
- 충돌하다 (chungdolhada)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- 부딪히다 (budichida)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- 부딪치다 (buditchida)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
Latin confligo
- confligoto make a direct impact, especially if violent
Māori hūtuki, tūtuki
- hūtukito make a direct impact, especially if violent
- tūtukito make a direct impact, especially if violent
Polish zderzać się, zderzyć się
- zderzać sięto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- zderzyć sięto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- kolidowaćto come into conflict, or be incompatible
Portuguese colidir, chocar
- colidirto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- chocarto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- colidirto come into conflict, or be incompatible
Russian ста́лкиваться, столкну́ться
- ста́лкиваться (stálkivatʹsja)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- столкну́ться (stolknútʹsja)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
Slovak zraziť sa
- zraziť sato make a direct impact, especially if violent
Spanish chocar, colisionar
- chocarto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- colisionarto make a direct impact, especially if violent
- colidirto make a direct impact, especially if violent
Swedish kollidera, krocka
- kolliderato make a direct impact, especially if violent
- krockato make a direct impact, especially if violent
- kolliderato come into conflict, or be incompatible
- krockato come into conflict, or be incompatible
Thai โดน, ชน
- โดน (doon)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- ชน (chon)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
Ukrainian зішто́вхуватися, зіштовхну́тися
- зішто́вхуватися (zištóvxuvatysja)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- зіштовхну́тися (zištovxnútysja)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- стика́тися (stykátysja)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- зіткну́тися (zitknútysja)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- сту́катися (stúkatysja)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- сту́кнутися (stúknutysja)to make a direct impact, especially if violent
- стика́тися (stykátysja)to come into conflict, or be incompatible
- зіткну́тися (zitknútysja)to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Vietnamese đụng nhau
- đụng nhauto make a direct impact, especially if violent
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with collide
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APA
collide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collide
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“collide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collide. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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