- an accident in which two vehicles or people crash into each other
- collision between A and B a collision between two trains
- collision with somebody/something Stewart was injured in a collision with another player.
- a head-on collision (= between two vehicles that are moving towards each other)
- a mid-air collision (= between two aircraft while they are flying)
- in collision with somebody/something His car was in collision with a motorbike.
- Wind and ice were blamed for the collision involving up to 12 vehicles.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1- I had a collision with a bus.
- She was injured in a collision.
- The car was in collision with a lorry.
- The collision occurred near the hospital.
- a head-on collision between two cars
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
- multiple
- head-on
- …
- be involved in
- have
- avoid
- …
- happen
- occur
- in a/the collision
- in collision with
- collision between
- …
- be on a collision course with something
- (formal) a strong disagreement between two people or between ideas, opinions, etc. that are opposed to each other; the meeting of two things that are very different
- collision between A and B a collision between two opposing points of view
- collision of A and B In his work we see the collision of two different traditions.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- The problem comes from a collision between two opposing points of view.
- Australian food is an exciting collision of different cuisines.
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin collisio(n-), from Latin collidere ‘strike together’, from col- ‘together’ + laedere ‘to strike’.
Idioms
See collision in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee collision in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe on a collision course (with somebody/something)
- to be in a situation that is almost certain to cause an argument
- I was on a collision course with my boss over the sales figures.
- to be moving in a direction in which it is likely that you will crash into somebody/something
- A giant iceberg was on a collision course with the ship.
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