{
    "term": "collision",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an accident in which two vehicles or people crash into each other",
            "sensetop": "collision between A and Bcollision with somebody/somethingin collision with somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a collision between two trains",
                    "contextForm": "collision between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stewart was injured in a collision with another player.",
                    "contextForm": "collision with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **head-on collision** *(= between two vehicles that are moving towards each other)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a mid-air collision *(= between two aircraft while they are flying)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His car was in collision with a motorbike.",
                    "contextForm": "in collision with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wind and ice were blamed for the collision involving up to 12 vehicles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a collision with a bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was injured in a collision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car was in collision with a lorry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The collision occurred near the hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a head-on collision between two cars"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["serious", "multiple", "head-on"],
                "verb + collision": ["be involved in", "have", "avoid"],
                "collision + verb": ["happen", "occur"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in a/​the collision",
                    "in collision with",
                    "collision between"
                ],
                "phrases": ["be on a collision course with something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a strong disagreement between two people or between ideas, opinions, etc. that are opposed to each other; the meeting of two things that are very different",
            "sensetop": "collision between A and Bcollision of A and B",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a collision between two opposing points of view",
                    "contextForm": "collision between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In his work we see the collision of two different traditions.",
                    "contextForm": "collision of A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The problem comes from a collision between two opposing points of view."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Australian food is an exciting collision of different cuisines."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be in a situation that is almost certain to cause an argument",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was on a collision course with my boss over the sales figures."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be moving in a direction in which it is likely that you will crash into somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A giant iceberg was on a collision course with the ship."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈlɪʒn/",
                "audio": "co/collision/collision__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈlɪʒn/",
                "audio": "co/collision/collision__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin collisio(n-), from Latin collidere ‘strike together’, from col- ‘together’ + laedere ‘to strike’."
}