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# collide

«collide» in Mova's school dictionary: **to crash into something or someone while moving: «Two…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (collide, collides, collided, colliding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To collide is to crash into something or someone while moving: «Two cars collided.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#m1)

2) If ideas, plans or people's opinions collide, they strongly disagree or clash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on forces, objects that collide push on each other; faster and heavier objects hit harder. In space, asteroids and galaxies collide. In road safety, cars, bikes and pedestrians can collide, so look, listen and wear a helmet. In PE, players should watch out so they don't collide. Phrases: «collide with», «head-on collision».

### examples

- Two players collided and fell over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x1)
- The car collided with a lamppost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x2)
- Look where you're going, or you'll collide with someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x3)
- Billions of years ago, a big rock collided with the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x4)
- The balls collided and rolled apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x5)
- Her plans collided with her brother's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x6)
- Galaxies sometimes collide in space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x7)
- Ride slowly on the path so you don't collide with walkers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x8)
- The romp had ended with the appearance of Nana, and most unluckily Mr. Darling collided against her, covering his trousers with hairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/#x9)

### note

Past: collided. Noun: collision. Pattern: «collide with something». Science: in a collision, the faster something moves, the more energy it has — which is why speed limits matter.

### In the corpora

- [A girl in Australia played on a trampoline with no net and another child jumping too; they collided and she broke her leg.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/17/)
- [Layers of rock can be bent into folds when plates collide.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «collide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.