collects

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Verb

collects verb

To gather together; amass.“Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.”
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.”
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.”
To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

Noun

collects noun

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.”

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Synonyms

gather gather up congregate compile amass pull together hoard accumulate take in collate pile up pick up due owed pull in cod

Rhymes

effects aspects objects subjects connects aftereffects personal effects projects defects directs

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