to collide

Examples

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• When personal interests collide, it can lead to difficult conversations between friends.

• The two theories often collide because they are based on opposing principles.

• However, security issues can collide with cultural issues within the firm.

  Academic text (2006)

• This is where fantasy and reality often collide.

  Outing Riley (2004)

• But his fiction collided with reality.

  Presumed Dead (2006)

• 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

C

to conflict

vsto collide

45 4.1

To be against something or not agree with it

is about deep incompatibility that prevents any possible agreement

C

to clash

vsto collide

13 3.2

To not look or work well together

is used mainly for abstract areas like ideas, interests, and qualities

J

to jar

vsto collide

12 7.3

To look or sound wrong with other things and make people feel uncomfortable

is about two things being incompatible rather than causing shock

Antonyms

C

to cooperate

520 3.3

To work together with other people to reach the same goal

H

to harmonize

• US

8 4.1

Make different things agree or work well together

Phrasal Verbs

C

to collide with

47 3.7

Hit something or someone while moving, causing a sudden strong crash

How Conflicting

to conflict

45 4.1

to clash

58 3.1

to collide

37 4.4

to contradict

159 3.7

to disagree

∞ 1.0

to differ

156 2.6

Surface Forms

Etymology