collect

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kəˈlɛkt/

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Verb

Plain form collect

Third-person singular collects

Past tense collected

Past participle collected

Present participle collecting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you collect some things, you bring them together as a group.

   The study collected data from 562 mothers in the hospital.

   The rain collected in a pool.

Related words

• collection
• collector