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Learn to pronounce col·lect

/kəˈlek(t)/
verb
  1. bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread).
    "he went around the office collecting old coffee cups"
    synonyms: gather, accumulate, assemble, amass, stockpile, pile up, heap up, rack up, run up, scrape together, store (up), hoard, save, cumulate, lay in/up, garner, mass, increase, multiply, accrue, snowball, tot up, stash (away)
  2. call for and take away; fetch.
    "the children were collected from school"
    synonyms: fetch, go/come to get, go/come and get, call for, go/come for, meet
  3. regain control of oneself, typically after a shock.
    "he paused for a moment to take a breath, to collect himself"
    synonyms: recover, regain one's composure, pull oneself together, take a hold of oneself, steady oneself, get a grip (on oneself), get one's act together, snap out of it
  4. conclude; infer.
    "by all best conjectures, I collect Thou art to be my fatal enemy"
  5. cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves, thereby shortening the stride and increasing balance and impulsion.
    "a rider should want to be able to collect a horse when hacking"

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