collision

US /kəˈlɪʒn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #9764

Meanings

1

noun
An accident in which two moving objects hit each other.

Three passengers were killed in the collision.
2

noun
A strong conflict between opposing ideas, goals, or interests.

The debate revealed a collision of interests.

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Forms collisions

Derived forms anticollisioncollisionalcollisionlesscolregsintercollisionmulticollisionnoncollisionpostcollisionprecollisionrecollisionsupercollision

Related forms collide

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collision course
a path that will cause moving objects to hit each other if unchanged

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collīsiō, from Latin collīdere, past participle collīsus (“to dash together”); see collide. cf. allision.

collision Middle French collīsiō la-lat collīdere Latin

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# collision

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəˈlɪʒn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 9764

## Meanings
1. An accident in which two moving objects hit each other.
2. A strong conflict between opposing ideas, goals, or interests.

## Examples
- Three passengers were killed in the collision.
- The debate revealed a collision of interests.

## Derived Forms
- anticollision
- collisional
- collisionless
- colregs
- intercollision
- multicollision
- noncollision
- postcollision
- precollision
- recollision
- supercollision

## Related Forms
- collide

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: collision
- Root: collīsiō
- Root: collīdere

## Etymology
From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collīsiō, from Latin collīdere, past participle collīsus (“to dash together”); see collide. cf. allision.

## AI Etymology
Collision is from Middle French collision, from Late Latin collīsiō, from Latin collīdere, past participle collīsus (“to dash together”); see collide. cf. allision. Important recorded forms include collision (Middle French), collīsiō (la-lat), and collīdere (Latin). Current senses include an accident in which two moving objects hit each other and a strong conflict between opposing ideas, goals, or interests. The wider family includes derived forms such as anticollision, collisional, collisionless, colregs, and intercollision and related words such as collide.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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