English-Thai Dictionary

collision

N การขัดแย้ง  clash conflict discord contention disagreement disputation kan-kad-yaeng

 

collision

N การชน กัน  การปะทะ กัน  การ ประสานงา  crash smash strike hit accident bump concussion impact crackup kan-chon-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLLISION

n.s as z. 1. The act of striking together; a striking together of two hard bodies.
2. The state of being struck together; a clashing. Hence,
3. Opposition; interference; as a collision of interests or of parties.
4. A running against each other, as ships at sea.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COLLISION

Col *li "sion, n. Etym: [L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide. ]

 

1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

 

2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. The collision of contrary false principles. Bp. Warburton. Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. W. Irving.

 

Syn. -- Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

collision

col li sion |kəˈliZHən kəˈlɪʒən | ▶noun 1 an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another: a midair collision between two aircraft | the device increases the chances of collision. • an instance of conflict between opposing ideas, interests, or factions: a collision between experience and theory | cultures in collision. 2 Computing an event of two or more records being assigned the same identifier or location in memory. • an instance of simultaneous transmission by more than one node of a network. PHRASES on ( a ) collision course going in a direction that will lead to a collision with another moving object or person. • adopting an approach that is certain to lead to conflict with another person or group: the strikers are on a collision course with the government. DERIVATIVES col li sion al |-ZHənl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin collisio (n- ), from Latin collidere ‘strike together ’ (see collide ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

collision

col |li ¦sion |kəˈlɪʒ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another: a mid-air collision between two aircraft | [ mass noun ] : his car was in collision with a lorry. • a conflict between opposing ideas, interests, or factions: a collision of two diverse cultures and languages. 2 Computing an instance of two or more records being assigned the same identifier or location in memory. • an instance of simultaneous transmission by more than one node of a network. PHRASES on ( a ) collision course adopting an approach that is certain to lead to conflict with another person or group: nurses are on a collision course with the government. DERIVATIVES collisional adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin collisio (n- ), from Latin collidere ‘strike together ’ (see collide ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

collision

collision noun 1 a collision in the passing lane: crash, accident, impact, smash, bump, hit, fender bender, wreck, pileup. 2 a collision between two ideas: conflict, clash; disagreement, incompatibility, contradiction.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

collision

collision noun 1 a collision on the road to Oxford: crash, accident, smash, bump, knock, impact, hit, strike, clash; Brit. RTA (road traffic accident ); N. Amer. wreck; informal smash-up, pile-up; Brit. informal prang, shunt. 2 a collision between two mutually inconsistent ideas: conflict, clash, opposition, disagreement, variance, incompatibility, contradiction. ANTONYMS coalescence.

 

French Dictionary

collision

collision n. f. nom féminin Choc de deux corps. : Une collision de voitures. SYNONYME heurt . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom collusion, entente secrète.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

collision

col li sion /kəlɪ́ʒ (ə )n / (! -lli-は /lɪ /) →collide 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C U «…との /…間の » 衝突 «with /between » ▸ Two people were killed in a collision between a bus and a car .2人がバスと車の衝突 (事故 )で亡くなった ▸ a near collision (飛行機などの )異常接近, ニアミス 2 C «…間の /…との » (意見 利害などの )衝突 , 対立 , 食い違い «between /with » ▸ avoid a head-on collision with A A 〈人など 〉との正面衝突を避ける ▸ a collision of cultures 文化の衝突 ～́ c ò urse 衝突進路 ▸ be on a collision course with A A 〈人 物 〉と衝突必至である .