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colliding

colliding is the present participle and gerund 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.

Noun

colliding (plural collidings)

  1. A collision.

Forms of colliding

pluralcollidings

Words that rhyme with colliding

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Questions about colliding

What does colliding mean?
Colliding means a collision.
What is colliding the present participle and gerund of?
Colliding is the present participle and gerund of collide.
What part of speech is colliding?
Colliding is a noun.
What is the plural of colliding?
The plural of colliding is collidings.

Words near colliding in the dictionary

  1. collides
  2. collideth
  3. Collidge
  4. collidine
  5. collidines
  6. colliding
  7. collidings
  8. collie
  9. collie eye anomaly
  10. collie-shangie
  11. collie-shangies

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