The meaning of COLLIDE is to come together with solid or direct impact. How to use collide in a sentence.

COLLIDE definition: to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash. See examples of collide used in a sentence.

collide (kəˈlaɪd) vb (intr) 1. to crash together with a violent impact 2. to conflict in attitude, opinion, or desire; clash; disagree

On the road: accidents involving vehicles (Definition of collide from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If people or vehicles collide, they bump into each other. He ran up the stairs and collided with his sister.

col•lide (kə līd′), v., -lid•ed, -lid•ing. v.i. to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash. to clash; …

To come into conflict; clash. From Latin collidere (“to strike or clash together”), from com- (“together”) + laedere (“to strike, dash against, hurt”); see lesion. One headed for her, and she turned to run, only …

Jan 20, 2026 · collide (third-person singular simple present collides, present participle colliding, simple past and past participle collided) (intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.

Definition of collide verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

COLLIDE meaning: 1 : to hit something or each other with strong force to crash together or to crash into something often + with; 2 : used of situations in which people or groups disagree or are very different …