The collision of two tectonic plates gradually uplifted the mountain range over millions of years.
两个构造板块的碰撞在数百万年间逐渐抬升了这条山脉。
A city's traffic engineers found that intersections with flashing yellow left-turn signals had fewer left-turn collisions than similar intersections with standard solid green signals permitting turns, even though both types of intersections had comparable overall traffic volume.
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Which choice best defines “collision”?
C — Crash, coming together. “collision” means crash, coming together.
Which word means “crash, coming together”?
D — collision. “collision” means crash, coming together.
collision — crash, coming together. In Chinese: 碰撞.
collision is pronounced /kəˈlɪʒən/.
The collision of two tectonic plates gradually uplifted the mountain range over millions of years. (两个构造板块的碰撞在数百万年间逐渐抬升了这条山脉。)
impact, crash, smash — all close in meaning to collision (crash, coming together).
separation, avoidance — each the opposite of collision (crash, coming together).
Yes. collision is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
coll(common)+sion(collision)