collision
English
Etymology
From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collisio, from Latin collidere, past participle collisus (“to dash together”); see collide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈlɪʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
Noun
collision (countable and uncountable, plural collisions)
- An instance of colliding.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- (software compilation) Clipping of naming collision.
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Translations
instance of colliding
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collision — see wreck
Further reading
- collision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- collision in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.li.zjɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “collision” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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