to collide
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4.4
- verb
- /kəˈlaɪd/
:
chocar (con)
- The problem with Bush's program is that his plans for reductions collide with his plans for missile defense.
- interests collide
- values collide
- collide with reality
Action is where realities collide and coincide, you might say.
- Action is where realities collide and coincide, you might say.
- So my favorite of two worlds colliding smells so good.
- And so it's like when you have two worlds colliding, you'll get far more unique insights.
- It was like both of our both of our energies just collided.
- But the what can also be fatal is the lack of conversation, IE not seeing ideas collide.
- Is it going to collide with rapamycin's potential positive impact on slowing aging?
- So the two variables of flow are challenge and ability, and flow is where challenge and ability collide or meet.
- And that's why I want to see you collide with people, but people won't collide with you.
Examples
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When personal interests collide, it can lead to difficult conversations between friends.
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The two theories often collide because they are based on opposing principles.
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However, security issues can collide with cultural issues within the firm.
Academic text (2006) -
This is where fantasy and reality often collide.
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But his fiction collided with reality.
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What happens when the desire for transparency collides with a legitimate need for secrecy?
Academic text (2011) -
Here is where art and politics collide, and I was concerned that this confrontation would overshadow the sculptures.
Academic text (2009) -
The debate highlighted how cultural values can collide in a diverse society.
Synonyms
135
4.1
To be against something or not agree with it
18
3.2
To not look or work well together
2
7.3
To look or sound wrong with other things and make people feel uncomfortable
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Conflicting
135
4.1
46
3.1
33
4.4
174
3.7
∞
1.0
152
2.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Collide comes from the same Latin parts com- 'together' and laedere 'to strike', so it literally means 'to strike together' and we use it for ideas or interests that clash or come into strong conflict with each other.