how to pronounce collide

/kəˈlaɪd/

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collide is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of collide in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… together until they collide now these …”

meanings of collide

verb:

To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
To impact directly, especially if violent.

collide frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word collide occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics collide can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that collide can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;