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collectto bring or gather together from different places

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to bring or gather together from different places

Pronunciation (IPA): /kəˈlekt/

Korean meaning: 모으다, 수집하다

Korean pronunciation: 커-렉트 (강세: 렉트)

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother collects ceramic cats, and now she has 847 of them staring at me during dinner.
  • The professor asked us to collect information about climate change for our research project.
  • Don't forget to collect your luggage before leaving the airport, unless you enjoy wearing the same clothes for a week.

collect

VERB

//kəˈlekt//

to bring or gather together from different places

collect concept
💡 Concept

Mother and daughter collecting autumn leaves

collect rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Collect what you select, then protect what you collect!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kəˈlekt/
🇬🇧 UK/kəˈlekt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcol--
Rootlect

Origin

라틴어에서 온 단어로, '함께 모은다'는 의미에서 출발했습니다. 중세 시대 수도사들이 책을 한 곳에 모아 도서관을 만들던 모습을 상상해보세요.

🎵Rhyme

selectprotectreflectdetect
select
protect
reflect
detect

🔗Collocations

collect data
collect taxes
collect evidence
collect coins
collect thoughts
collect dust

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother collects ceramic cats, and now she has 847 of them staring at me during dinner.

The professor asked us to collect information about climate change for our research project.

😄 Fun example

Don't forget to collect your luggage before leaving the airport, unless you enjoy wearing the same clothes for a week.

The charity organization collects donations to help children in need.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

gatheraccumulateassemblecompileamass

Antonyms

scatterdistributedisperse

Related

collectioncollectorcollectiveselectelect

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