Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to collide
Participle: collided
Gerund: colliding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | collide |
| you | collide |
| he;she;it | collides |
| we | collide |
| you | collide |
| they | collide |
Perfect
| I | have collided |
| you | have collided |
| he;she;it | has collided |
| we | have collided |
| you | have collided |
| they | have collided |
Past
| I | collided |
| you | collided |
| he;she;it | collided |
| we | collided |
| you | collided |
| they | collided |
Pluperfect
| I | had collided |
| you | had collided |
| he;she;it | had collided |
| we | had collided |
| you | had collided |
| they | had collided |
Future
| I | will collide |
| you | will collide |
| he;she;it | will collide |
| we | will collide |
| you | will collide |
| they | will collide |
Future Perfect
| I | will have collided |
| you | will have collided |
| he;she;it | will have collided |
| we | will have collided |
| you | will have collided |
| they | will have collided |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | collide |
| you | collide |
| he;she;it | collide |
| we | collide |
| you | collide |
| they | collide |
Perfect
| I | have collided |
| you | have collided |
| he;she;it | have collided |
| we | have collided |
| you | have collided |
| they | have collided |
Imperfect
| I | collided |
| you | collided |
| he;she;it | collided |
| we | collided |
| you | collided |
| they | collided |
Pluperfect
| I | had collided |
| you | had collided |
| he;she;it | had collided |
| we | had collided |
| you | had collided |
| they | had collided |
Conditional
Present
| I | would collide |
| you | would collide |
| he;she;it | would collide |
| we | would collide |
| you | would collide |
| they | would collide |
Perfect
| I | would have collided |
| you | would have collided |
| he;she;it | would have collided |
| we | would have collided |
| you | would have collided |
| they | would have collided |
Imperative
| you | collide |
| we | Let's collide |
| you | collide |
Verbs conjugated like 'collide'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'collide'
collude,
allide,
coalise,
coalite,
coalize,
collage,
collate,
confide,
cowhide,
recollide,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1621, from L.
collidere "strike together," from
com- "together" +
lædere "to strike, injure by striking," of unknown origin.
2. From Latin collīdō (“to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together”), from con- (“together”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence col- (“assimilated form of com-”)). See: Latin '
collīdō'.
Sample Sentences
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When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
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Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. [1865, John Tyndall, The Constitution of the Universe, published 1869, page 14:]
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No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. [1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):]
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And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley. [2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:]
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China collided with the modern world.
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Out of the doubts that fill my mind / I somehow find, you and I collide [2004, “Collide”, in Stop All the World Now, performed by Howie Day:]
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I knew when we collided / you're the one I have decided who's one of my kind [2009, “Hey, Soul Sister”, in Save Me, San Francisco, performed by Train:]