# collects

Pronunciation: say "kuh-LEKTS" /kəˈlɛkts/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular present of collect. — third-person singular simple present indicative of collect
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of collect. Use this with he, she, or it.
   - _The museum collects rare manuscripts from across Europe._
   - _Rainwater collects in the old barrel after every storm._

## Noun

Pronunciation: say "KOL-ikts" US /ˈkɑlɪkts/, UK /ˈkɒlɪkts/

2. Plural of collect. — plural of collect
   - Simple: Plural of collect. Use this when talking about more than one short church prayer.
   - _The new prayer book arranges the collects by liturgical season._
   - _Several collects from the medieval church survive in modern worship._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/collects (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).