present participle
Hitting another person or thing with force, especially by accident.
The two players are colliding on the field.
The particles are colliding in the experiment.
American English
How to pronounce colliding
verbB1
kuhLAIdihng
/kʰəˈlaɪ.ɾɪŋ/
3 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
Form of collide
Colliding is commonly used with forms of be to describe an event in progress.
Hitting another person or thing with force, especially by accident.
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present participle
Disagreeing strongly or being impossible to combine.
Their ideas are colliding with the needs of the local community.
The two teams are colliding over how to use the shared space.