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collects

Saykuh-LEKTS/kəˈlɛkts/
As a nounKOL-ikts

2 meanings of collects

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third-person singular present of collect. Use this with he, she, or it.

    She collects stamps from every country she visits.

    He collects the trash on our street every Tuesday.

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  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of collect. Use this when talking about more than one short church prayer.

    The priest read two short collects before the sermon began.

    These old collects appear in many prayer books.

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collects is a form of collect

collect, verb: To bring many things together into one place. Full entry

Forms
collectcollects he/she/itcollecting -ing formcollected past tense, past participle
Spelling
collect → collects: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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