collide
pronunciation
How to pronounce collide in British English:
UK [kəˈlaɪd]
How to pronounce collide in American English:
US [kəˈlaɪd]
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- Verb:
- crash together with violent impact
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- cause to collide
Word Origin
- collide
- collide: [17] Collide comes from Latin collīdere, a compound verb formed from com- ‘together’ and laedere ‘injure by striking’. Other English descendants of laedere are elide and lesion.=> elide, lesion
- collide (v.)
- 1620s, from Latin collidere "strike together," from com- "together" (see com-) + laedere "to strike, injure by striking," which is of unknown origin. For Latin vowel change, see acquisition. Related: Collided; colliding.
Example
- 1. When these universes collide , they annihilate one another .
- 2. This is where the two diagnoses collide .
- 3. But in the worst-case scenario , mercury and earth could collide .
- 4. New-found prosperity will collide with new insecurities ; nationalism at home with interdependence abroad .
- 5. This device was one of four designed to focus beams of particles before they collide in the experimental areas .