collision

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
  2. noun an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object
  3. noun a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

Etymology

From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collīsiō, from Latin collīdere, past participle collīsus (“to dash together”); see collide. cf. allision.

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Synonyms

hit

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