collects

Meaning of collects

verb
  1. To gather together; amass.
    Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
  2. To get; particularly, get from someone.
    A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.   A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
  3. To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
    I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
  4. To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
  5. (often with on or against) To collect payments.
    He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
  6. To come together in a group or mass.
    The rain collected in puddles.
  7. To infer; to conclude.
  8. (of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
    The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.
noun
  1. The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
    He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.

Information about collects

  • The singular form of collects is: collect.
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Hyphenation of collects

col-lects

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • collects is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with collects

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