verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK, US:/kəˈlaɪd/
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rhymes with -aɪd
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 L AY1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To impact directly, especially if violent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
China collided with the modern world.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To meet; to come into contact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To cause to collide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
crash together with violent impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The cars collided
Two meteors clashed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
Narrower terms: smash, shock, crash, ram
6
verb
Meaning 6
cause to collide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The physicists collided the particles
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: crash
7
verb
Meaning 7
be incompatible; be or come into conflict
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
These colors clash
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clash, jar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conflict
History
Etymology
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-”)).
Across languages
Translations
92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
ndesh
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Arabic:
اِصْطَدَمَ
(iṣṭadama)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Azerbaijani:
toqquşmaq
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Basque:
talka egin
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Belarusian:
сутыка́цца
(sutykácca)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Belarusian:
сту́кнуцца
(stúknucca)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Bulgarian:
сблъ́сквам се
(sblǎ́skvam se)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Bulgarian:
сблъ́скам се
(sblǎ́skam se)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Bulgarian:
у́дрям се
(údrjam se)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Bulgarian:
уда́ря се
(udárja se)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Catalan:
xocar
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Chinese Mandarin:
碰撞
(pèngzhuàng)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Chinese Mandarin:
相撞
(xiāngzhuàng)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Czech:
srážet se
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Czech:
srazit se
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Danish:
kollidere
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Dutch:
botsen
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Esperanto:
kolizii
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Finnish:
törmätä
— to impact directly, especially if violent
French:
entrer en collision
— to impact directly, especially if violent
French:
heurter
— to impact directly, especially if violent
French:
percuter
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Galician:
colidir
— to impact directly, especially if violent
German:
kollidieren
— to impact directly, especially if violent
German:
zusammenstoßen
— to impact directly, especially if violent
German:
plauzen
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Greek:
συγκρούομαι
(sygkroúomai)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Greek:
προσκρούω
(proskroúo)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Hebrew:
הִתְנַגֵּשׁ
(hitnagésh)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
White Hmong:
tsoo
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Hungarian:
összeütközik
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Hungarian:
beleütközik
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Hungarian:
nekiütközik
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Italian:
urtare
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Italian:
scontrarsi
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Japanese:
衝突する
(shōtotsu suru)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Japanese:
打つかる
(butsukaru)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Jeju:
다닥이다
(dadagida)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Jeju:
부대끼다
(budaekkida)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Khmer:
បុកគ្នា
(bokkniə)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Korean:
충돌하다
(chungdolhada)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Korean:
부딪히다
(budichida)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Korean:
부딪치다
(buditchida)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Latin:
confligo
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Luxembourgish:
kollidéieren
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Māori:
hūtuki
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Māori:
tūtuki
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Mongolian:
мөргөлдөх
(mörgöldöx)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Polish:
zderzać się
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Polish:
zderzyć się
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Portuguese:
colidir
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Portuguese:
chocar
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Russian:
ста́лкиваться
(stálkivatʹsja)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Russian:
столкну́ться
(stolknútʹsja)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Serbo-Croatian:
су̀дарити се
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Serbo-Croatian:
sùdariti se
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Slovak:
zraziť sa
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Spanish:
colisionar
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Spanish:
colidir
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Swedish:
kollidera
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Swedish:
krocka
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Thai:
โดน
(doon)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Thai:
ชน
(chon)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Ukrainian:
зішто́вхуватися
(zištóvxuvatysja)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Ukrainian:
зіштовхну́тися
(zištovxnútysja)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Ukrainian:
стика́тися
(stykátysja)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Ukrainian:
зіткну́тися
(zitknútysja)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Ukrainian:
сту́катися
(stúkatysja)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Ukrainian:
сту́кнутися
(stúknutysja)
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Vietnamese:
đụng nhau
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Yoruba:
kọlù
— to impact directly, especially if violent
Azerbaijani:
toqquşmaq
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Chinese Mandarin:
衝突 /冲突
(chōngtū)
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Chinese Mandarin:
抵觸 /抵触
(dǐchù)
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Finnish:
törmätä
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Galician:
colidir
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
German:
kollidieren
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
German:
aufeinander stoßen
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Greek:
συγκρούομαι
(sygkroúomai)
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Greek:
αντικρούομαι
(antikroúomai)
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
White Hmong:
tsoo
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Hungarian:
ellenkezik
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Hungarian:
ütközik
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Hungarian:
ellentétben áll/van
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Hungarian:
sért
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Japanese:
衝突する
(shōtotsu suru)
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Polish:
kolidować
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Portuguese:
colidir
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Swedish:
kollidera
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Swedish:
krocka
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Ukrainian:
стика́тися
(stykátysja)
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible
Ukrainian:
зіткну́тися
(zitknútysja)
— to come into conflict, or be incompatible