collidecol‧lide /kəˈlaɪd/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] 
A car and a van collided on the motorway.collide with I ran around the corner, and almost collided with Mrs Laurence. Two trains collided head-on (=when they were moving directly towards each other).RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say run into rather than collide with:· Her car ran into the back of a truck.2to disagree strongly with a person or group, especially on a particular subjectcollide with The president has again collided with Congress over his budget plans.3if two very different ideas, ways of thinking etc collide, they come together and produce an interesting result: Istanbul, where East and West collide.
WORD ORIGINcollide
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin collidere, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + laedere ‘to injure by hitting’VERB TABLE
collide
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | collide |
| he, she, it | collides | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | collided |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have collided |
| he, she, it | has collided | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had collided |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will collide |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have collided |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am colliding |
| he, she, it | is colliding | |
| you, we, they | are colliding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was colliding |
| you, we, they | were colliding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been colliding |
| he, she, it | has been colliding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been colliding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be colliding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been colliding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Barker and Mason collided while going for the ball.
- Four or five cars had collided in the fog.
- I backed out of the door and promptly collided with someone. 'I'm sorry,' I said.
- The transport helicopter he was in collided with another and crashed.
- The two players collided and Jordan fell to the floor.
- When the plates of land that form the earth collide or slide past each other, earthquakes result.
- All of the Amor asteroids cross the orbit of Mars and could collide with it.
- But that image collided head-on with life last month.
- Duvall lashed backwards, but Jimmy had leapt to his feet, colliding with one of the hessian screens.
- For no apparent reason he had collided with a car coming in the opposite direction, killing the other driver instantly.
- The human desire for certainty collides with our love of enigma.
- They were politely kind to each other, as people always are whose ambitions temporary collide in public.
- This requires that the machine be placed on a surface such that the tray is not constantly collided with by passers by.
- What was happening, and why did the super-powers collide just here and just now?
THESAURUS
verb [intransitive, transitive] to hit another vehicle, a tree, the ground etc, with a lot of force, causing a lot of damage: · The plane crashed a kilometre from the runway.· He was scared I’d crash his car.· The car crashed into a tree.
verb [transitive] to move into something quickly and with force: · He wasn’t paying attention, and almost hit another car.· The car hit a lamppost.
verb [intransitive] if two cars, trains, planes etc collide, they hit each other, especially when they are moving in opposite directions: · The two planes collided in mid-air.· An express train collided with a freight train in the morning rush hour.
phrasal verb [transitive] to hit a vehicle or object that is directly in front of you, especially because you are not paying attention: · He ran into the car in front while he was talking on his mobile phone.
phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something, causing a great amount of damage: · An army helicopter smashed into the side of the mountain.
British English, plow into American English phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something with a lot of force, especially when your vehicle continues moving afterwards: · The bus went out of control and ploughed into a line of traffic.
verb [transitive] to deliberately hit another boat or vehicle very hard, especially when it is not moving: · The ship had been rammed by a submarine.· The gunmen tried to ram the police car.
Longman Language Activatorto hit someone or something accidentally · Be careful with that stick! You nearly hit me with it.· There's a chip on the windshield where a stone hit it.hit somebody on the head/knee etc · The ball hit me in the face.hit your head/knee/elbow etc · The ceiling's very low. Mind you don't hit your head.hit something on/against something · I hit my elbow on the corner of that table.get hit · He ran out into the road and almost got hit.· Buildings that had gotten hit by bombs had still not been repaired.
if you bump into something or someone, you hit them with part of your body accidentally when you are walking or running somewhere: · Jim turned suddenly and bumped into me.· The room was dark, and I bumped into the door .
to accidentally and suddenly hit part of your body against something: bump your head/elbow/knee etc: · Babies are always bumping their heads.bump against: · His right leg bumped against the parking brake.
formal if something, especially a heavy object, strikes something or someone, it hits them hard once: · A house nearby had been struck by a falling tree.· The ball struck him in the face.
to hit someone or something extremely hard, especially while moving very fast: · Tyler injured his shoulder when he crashed into Jesse Lyons during practice.· Parts of the satellite crashed into the sea.go crashing into somebody/something: · He stopped suddenly, and I went crashing into him.· Glasses and bottles went crashing to the floor.
to hit someone or something with a short quick movement: · She knocked me with her elbow as she passed.knock against: · The heavy video camera knocked against his hip as he walked.knock into: · She turned and ran, knocking into bystanders as she went.knock something against/into something: · One of the movers knocked the sofa against a doorway.
to hit someone or something hard, often making a noise and hurting someone or damaging something: bang your head/knee/elbow etc: · I banged my head getting into the car.bang something into/against/on etc something: · Tom bashed his knee against the table.· He slipped, banging his guitar against the door.bang/bash into/against: · Kids raced around the playground, banging into each other, screaming, and letting off steam.
if two people or things collide , they accidentally hit each other when they are moving in different directions: · Barker and Mason collided while going for the ball.· When the plates of land that form the earth collide or slide past each other, earthquakes result.collide with: · I backed out of the door and promptly collided with someone. 'I'm sorry,' I said.
to hit your head, knee, elbow etc hard and painfully against something: crack something on/against something: · He slipped and cracked his head on the steps.· Mary cracked her knee on the corner of her desk.
a car/train/plane etc hits something · The bus hit a tree and the driver was badly injured.· He pulled out of the driveway without looking, and almost hit another car.· Five sailors were killed when their ship hit a mine.hit something head-on (=directly) · The driver of a Ford van lost control and hit another car head-on.
to hit something that is directly in front of you with your vehicle, especially because you are not paying attention: · I turned too sharply and ran into the curb.· We almost ran into a Rolls-Royce that pulled out in front of us without signalling.
to hit and injure a person or animal while driving a vehicle: run over somebody/run somebody over: · How can you run over a child and not stop?be run over by something: · The boy's dog had been run over by a car.get run over: · Make sure the lights on your bike are working. I don't want you getting run over.
to hit something or someone very hard while you are driving a vehicle, making a lot of noise and causing damage: · The driver lost control on a curve and crashed into a tree.· An airplane had crashed into a mountain, killing all two hundred passengers.go crashing into something: · The car skidded, then went crashing into the bus shelter.· An army helicopter smashed into the side of the mountain.
to hit something or someone very hard while you are moving in a vehicle, especially when what you hit is not moving: · The driver had been drinking when he rammed into a car waiting at a red light.· Some idiot slammed into me from behind.
British /plow into American to hit a large number of vehicles or people with a vehicle, especially as a result of driving too fast, not paying attention etc: · The car went out of control and ploughed into a group of people on the sidewalk.· When the driver fell asleep, the bus ploughed into a line of traffic.
if two vehicles collide , they hit each other when they are moving in opposite directions: · Four or five cars had collided in the fog.collide with: · The transport helicopter he was in collided with another and crashed.
to deliberately hit another vehicle very hard, especially when it is not moving: · The ship had been rammed by a submarine.
British informal to hit something or someone with a vehicle: · Someone went into the back of my bike at the traffic lights.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Two trains collided head-on (=when they were moving directly towards each other).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
Two trains collided head-on (=when they were moving directly towards each other).· Investigations are continuing to discover how the two cars came to collide at the Great Stainton crossroads on the narrow road.· That car collided with the vehicle in which Waltrick was riding.· Nine cars and a van collided, spilling wreckage across all three lanes of the motorway.· I had a glimpse of four or five cars collided into one another, and a gathering of forty or fifty people.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to hit something or someone that is moving in a different direction from you: - But that image collided head-on with life last month.
- He and Carter were doomed to collide head-on.
- Shortly after the £5 million junction was opened, two trains collided head-on killing four people and injuring 22.
- The cab control car of a commuter train being pushed from the rear collided head-on with an Amtrak diesel locomotive.
- They can collide head-on with what we believe to be right.
A car and a van collided on the motorway.collide with I ran around the corner, and almost collided with Mrs Laurence. Two trains collided head-on (=when they were moving directly towards each other).RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say run into rather than collide with:· Her car ran into the back of a truck.2to disagree strongly with a person or group, especially on a particular subjectcollide with The president has again collided with Congress over his budget plans.3if two very different ideas, ways of thinking etc collide, they come together and produce an interesting result: Istanbul, where East and West collide.