COLLECT - Meaning and Pronunciation
How to pronounce collect?
This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of collect by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of collect through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.
IPA Transcription of collect is /kəlˈɛkt/.
Definition of collect according to Wiktionary:
collect can be a verb, an adjective, an adverb or a noun
As a verb collect can mean:
1. To gather together; amass.
2. To get; particularly, get from someone.
3. To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
4. To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.).
5. To collect payments.
6. To come together in a group or mass.
7. To infer; to conclude.
8. To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
As an adjective collect can mean:
To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
As an adverb collect can mean:
With payment due from the recipient.
As a noun collect can mean:
The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
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