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collided

collided is the simple past and past participle of collide.

Meaning of collide

Verb

collide (third-person singular simple present collides, present participle colliding, simple past and past participle collided)

  1. (intransitive) To make a direct impact, especially if violent.
    • When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
  2. (intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
    • China collided with the modern world.
  3. (intransitive, poetic) To meet; to come into contact.
    • Out of the doubts that fill my mind / I somehow find, you and I collide2004, “Collide”, in Stop All the World Now, performed by Howie Day
  4. (transitive) To cause to collide.

Words formed from collided

Questions about collided

What is collided the simple past and past participle of?
Collided is the simple past and past participle of collide.

Words near collided in the dictionary

  1. colliculose
  2. colliculothalamocortical
  3. colliculus
  4. colliculuses
  5. collide
  6. collided
  7. collider
  8. colliders
  9. collides
  10. collideth
  11. Collidge

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