COLLISION COURSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collision course mean? 

• COLLISION COURSE (noun)
  The noun COLLISION COURSE has 2 senses:

1. a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged

2. a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated

  Familiarity information: COLLISION COURSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLISION COURSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("collision course" is a kind of...):

course; path; track (a line or route along which something travels or moves)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("collision course" is a kind of...):

course; course of action (a mode of action)