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run into, bump into, Inf. plow into, Brit. SI. prang; butt, buffet, jar, jolt, jostle, dash.
2. clash, conflict, disagree, differ, disaccord, be at variance or cross-purposes,
collision, n. 1. crash, impact, impingement, en counter, meeting; bump, shock, buffet; crash, smash-up, crack-up, pile-up, wreck; accident, casualty, automobile accident, car crash.
2. conflict, opposition, disagreement, discord, disaccord, dissension, friction, variance, clash,
collocate, v. 1. assemble, gather, collect, amass, accumulate, muster, bunch, put or place together; juxtapose, collate, pair, partner, match.
2. arrange, range, order, dispose, place, group; classify, categorize, pigeonhole, SI. peg; digest, index, file, codify, number, alphabetize, tabulate; organize, sort, sort out, assort; coordinate, systematize, systemize, methodize; grade, graduate, rank, rate, distinguish,
collocation, n. 1. collection, assembly, assemblage, accumulation, amassment, gathering, mustering; collation, juxtaposition, matching, pairing.
2. arrangement, placement, distribution, allocation, allotment, disposal, situation, placing, ordering; classification, categorization, grouping, pigeonholing; tabulation, alphabetization, codification, indexing, filing, numbering; organization, assortment, sorting, sorting out; coordination, systemization, methodiza-tion; gradation, graduation, ranking, rating,
colloquial, adj. informal, casual, familiar, common, ordinary, unceremonial, everyday, workday, household; simple, plain, unadorned, unaffected, unstudied, unpretentious, unassuming, inartificial; conversational, confabulatory, interlocutory, chatty; vernacular, natural, native, dialectal, dialectical,
colloquialism, n. 1. localism, regionalism, provin
cialism.
2. vernacular, idiom, parlance; spoken language or speech, everyday or workday or common speech, informal speech or language; (all of speech) informality, familiarity, commonness, simplicity, plainness, naturalness, inartificiality; chattiness, conversationalism.
colloquy, n. 1. conversation, converse, talk, dis course, dialogue, interlocution, verbal exchange; chat, chitchat, palaver, confabulation, Inf. confab, little talk, causerie.
2. conference, discussion, debate, parlance; parley, powwow, huddle.
collude, v. 1. conspire, connive, plot, complot, cabal, scheme, intrigue, maneuver, machinate; (all in criminal activity) cooperate, collaborate, unite, join, join forces or hands, band together, Inf. hitch horses.
2. (all in reference to criminal activity) abet, overlook, tolerate, ignore, disregard, wink or blink at, shut one's eyes to.
collusion, n. connivance, complicity, Law. covin, SI. cahoots; conspiracy, cabal, plot, complot, intrigue, scheme, Inf little game,
collusive, adj. conspirative. Law. covinous, conniving, conspiring, plotting, intriguing, scheming, designing, machinating, engineering; dishonest, deceitful, fraudulent; underhanded, double-dealing, treacherous,
colonial, adj. 1. territorial, Hist, provincial, pro-tectoral, mandated, imperial; daughter, dependent, subordinate, subject.
2. colonizing, settling, colonializing; early American, Pilgrim, Puritan, Anglo-American; frontier, pioneer, pioneering. -n. 3. colonist, colonizer, settler. See - colonist, colonist, n. colonial, colonizer, colonizationist, settler, Hist, planter, pioneer, Chiefly U.S. frontiersman, U.S. homesteader, squatter, habitant; forefather, founder, founding father, Pilgrim, Puritan, patriot; Anglo-American, immigrant, emigrant, emigre, Amer. Hist. redemptioner.
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