collects

Definition of collects in English English dictionary: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collect; Plural of collect; third-person singular of collect
collects dust: {f} gathers dust, becomes dusty quickly, is covered in dust quickly
collect: To accumulate similar items or items belonging to a particular theme, particularly for a hobby or recreation
John Henry collects stamps.
collect: To get; particularly, get from someone
A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
collect: To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
the riot is so great that it is very difficult to collect what is being said.
collect: To gather together; amass items
Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
collect: {n} a short comprehensive prayer
collect: {v} to gather, get, recover, infer
collect: A collect (pronounced CALL-ect) is a short prayer that summarizes a foregoing series of prayers or a worship service A collect is usually one sentence long and consists of three parts: an invocation, a petition, and a doxology The following is an example of a simple collect: O God, who gave your only Son to die for our sins, give us grateful hearts to live worthily before you; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord AMEN
collect: If you collect for a charity or for a present for someone, you ask people to give you money for it. Are you collecting for charity? They collected donations for a fund to help military families
collect: In interline moves, the amount of transportation and other charges are paid at the point of termination of the final rail carrier
collect: When you collect someone or something, you go and get them from the place where they are waiting for you or have been left for you. David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays After collecting the cash, the kidnapper made his escape down the disused railway line. = pick up
collect: make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"
collect: a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
collect: a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" payment due by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect
collect: All charges incurred from door-to-door are paid by the consignee
collect: {s} having the receiver pay the charges (for a phone call)
collect: If a substance collects somewhere, or if something collects it, it keeps arriving over a period of time and is held in that place or thing. Methane gas does collect in the mines around here. water tanks which collect rainwater from the house roof
collect: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
collect: Gather together; amass items
collect: gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
collect: A collect call is a telephone call that is paid for by the person receiving it, not the person making it. She received a collect phone call from Alaska. If you call collect when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you. Should you lose your ticket call collect on STA's helpline
collect: A call that is paid for by the receiving/destination phone number Requires approval/authorization of the person being called
collect: The jaw folder doubles the signatures up using the collect cylinder, so that the signatures leave the jaw folder with twice as many pages, but half as often See Straight
collect: To gather or exact from a number of persons or sources
collect: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
collect: If you collect things, such as stamps or books, as a hobby, you get a large number of them over a period of time because they interest you. One of Tony's hobbies was collecting rare birds. + collecting col·lect·ing hobbies like stamp collecting and fishing
collect: payment due by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
collect: Consignee is responsible for paying the shipping and other charges If the consignee has a credit account with Integres it can be settled on account If the consignee does not have credit then cashier, certified, traveler's or company check or a money order will be collected when the shipment is delivered (FCCOD is Freight Charges Collect On Delivery )
collect: {i} short prayer
collect: If you collect yourself or collect your thoughts, you make an effort to calm yourself or prepare yourself mentally. She paused for a moment to collect herself He was grateful for a chance to relax and collect his thoughts. = compose
collect: Get; particularly, get from someone
collect: {f} gather; take payments (of money); assemble
collect: call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
collect: gather or amass
collect: A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy
collect: If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people. Two young girls were collecting firewood 1.5 million signatures have been collected. = gather
collect: The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer
collect: The consignee pays the freight charges
collect: Accumulate similar items or items belonging to a particular theme, particularly for a hobby or recreation
collect: To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering
collect: get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
collect: From the Latin word collecta, meaning "assembly " The word is normally used to refer to the prayer near the beginning of the Eucharist that precedes the lessons The collect was supposedly designed to "collect" the thoughts of the lessons and bind the thoughts together, back in the days when only one lesson and a Gospel were read A collect is actually any short prayer that contains an invocation, a petition, and a pleading in Christ's Name (in that order)
collect: To infer; to conclude
collect: To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises
collect: To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes
collect: collective(ly)past part past participle
collect: Prayer which gathers people together around the theme for a particular liturgy
collect: If something collects light, energy, or heat, it attracts it. Like a telescope it has a curved mirror to collect the sunlight
collect: Frequently recited together at BPW meetings, the Collect was written by BPW member Mary Stewart of Colorado as a prayer to instill a sense of unity among women working together with wide interests and important goals
collect: make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect
collect: To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks
collect: a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"

collects

Turkish pronunciation

kılekts

Pronunciation

/kəˈlekts/ /kəˈlɛkts/

Etymology

[ 'kä-likt also -"le ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English collecte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collecta , from Late Latin, assembly, from Latin, assemblage, from feminine of collectus.