Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collision course

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: col-li-sion -course
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.

Example Sentences

"The two boats were on a collision course, so they both veered starboard."
"Now that everyone’s on the same continent, more or less, and everyone’s on collision courses, an episode can more naturally flow back and forth."

Inflected Forms

collision courses (plural)

Phrases

on a collision course

Questions

What does collision course mean?: A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.

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