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Spell Bee Word: Collide

Collide (verb): to hit something or someone hard while moving.


What does collide mean?

Word: Collide

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Collide means to hit something or someone hard while moving.

Synonyms: bump, smash

How do you spell collide?

Syllables: col - lide

Tricky part: There are two l's in the middle. Colide with one l is the usual mistake.

Watch out for: colide, colliede

Memory tip: The two l's stand side by side like two cars about to collide.

Collide in a sentence

Example 1: Cyclists often collide at the sharp corner of our lane.

Example 2: The goalkeeper and a defender can collide when both jump for the ball.

Example 3: When two strong opinions collide, a debate can get noisy.

Fun Fact

The Himalayas rose where the Indian plate collides with the Eurasian plate, and India is still pushing north by about four to five centimetres a year.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

collide

a) avoid
b) swerve
c) crash
d) escape

Show answer

c) crash. When things collide they crash into each other; the other three keep them apart.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) bicycle
b) collyde
c) junction
d) pedestrian

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b) collyde. The long i sound in collide is spelt with a plain i, as in slide.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

During the relay race, the two runners collidded near the finishing line and both fell.

a) finishing
b) runners
c) collidded
d) relay

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c) collidded. Collide already ends in e, so the past tense just adds -d: collided.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which noun names the event when two vehicles collide?

a) collision
b) collusion
c) collapse
d) collection

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a) collision

2. Which pair is most likely to collide?

a) two buses parked at opposite ends of a depot
b) two birds sitting on separate trees
c) two books standing side by side on a shelf
d) two bumper cars driven at each other at a fair

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d) two bumper cars driven at each other at a fair

Associated Words

Words that end in -ide: subside, herbicide, coincide, insecticide, nationwide, bride

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: smash

More words from this list

dimension, finance, influence, nostalgia, rational, taxation, abdication, astounded

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