COLLISION


Meaning of COLLISION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kəlɪʒ(ə)n ]

( collisions)

1.

A collision occurs when a moving object crashes into something.

They were on their way to the Shropshire Union Canal when their van was involved in a collision with a car...

I saw a head-on collision between two aeroplanes.

= crash

N-VAR : oft N with/between n

2.

A collision of cultures or ideas occurs when two very different cultures or people meet and conflict.

The play represents the collision of three generations.

= clash

N-COUNT : oft N of/between/with n

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