Past tense of collide
regular verb
The past tense of collide is collided. The past participle is also collided.
Forms of collide
| Base form (V1) | collide /kəˈlaɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | collided |
| Past participle (V3) | collided |
| Present participle | colliding |
| Third person singular | collides |
Collided in a sentence
- China collided with the modern world.
- He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.From the entry cheat
- He cringed as the bird collided with the window.From the entry cringe
- SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 53. From the entry devastate
- When India collided with Asia (incidentally creating the Himalayas), the onychophorans could spread northwards from India instead.2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian. From the entry onychophoran
Meaning of collide
- verb To make a direct impact, especially if violent.
- verb To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
- verb To meet; to come into contact.
Questions about the past tense of collide
- What is the past tense of collide?
- The past tense of collide is collided.
- What is the past participle of collide?
- The past participle of collide is collided.
- Is collide a regular or irregular verb?
- Collide is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: collide (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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