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collision course

collision course noun: a course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.

Noun

collision course (plural collision courses)

  1. A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.
    • The two boats were on a collision course, so they both veered starboard.
    • Now that everyone’s on the same continent, more or less, and everyone’s on collision courses, an episode can more naturally flow back and forth.2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club

collision course meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

collision course in Tamil

மோதல் போக்கு

collision course in Indonesian

path leading to a collision
jalur tabrakan

Forms of collision course

pluralcollision courses

Words formed from collision course

Questions about collision course

What does collision course mean?
Collision course means a course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.
What is collision course in Tamil?
Collision course in Tamil is மோதல் போக்கு. See Collision course meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is collision course?
Collision course is a noun.
What is the plural of collision course?
The plural of collision course is collision courses.

Words near collision course in the dictionary

  1. collision
  2. collision attack
  3. collision attacks
  4. collision bulkhead
  5. collision bulkheads
  6. collision course
  7. collision courses
  8. collision detection
  9. collision detections
  10. collision mat
  11. collision mats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: collision course (page history and authors); collision course (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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