Colect vs. Collect: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Published on November 14, 2023
"Colect" is an incorrect spelling. The correct spelling is "Collect," which means to gather together or accumulate.
Which is correct: Colect or Collect
How to spell Collect?
Colect is Incorrect
Collect is Correct
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Key Differences
Remember "collect" like "collection" which has two Ls.
Sawaira Riaz
Nov 14, 2023
Think of gathering all letters, including both Ls.
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Nov 14, 2023
Envision two legs (Ls) needed to stand or support.
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Nov 14, 2023
Mnemonic: Can Olivia LLove Every Candy Treat? Here, "LLove" indicates the double L.
Sawaira Riaz
Nov 14, 2023
Recollect that "recollect" has two Ls, so does "collect."
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Nov 14, 2023
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Colect and Collect Definitions
Collect
Collect refers to gathering items or information.
I collect stamps from around the world.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 27, 2023
Collect
To be received or earned as a result.
The movie collected rave reviews.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 27, 2023
Collect
To bring together in a group or mass; gather
The teacher collected the exams.
Sawaira Riaz
Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To accumulate as a hobby or for study
Collect old coins.
Collect folk tales.
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Oct 20, 2023
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Collect
To be the site for (an accumulating mass), especially as a consequence of disuse or neglect
My guitar is collecting dust in the corner.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To come together in a group or mass; gather
Sand collected in the crevices.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
With payment to be made by the receiver
Called collect.
A collect phone call.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
(transitive) To gather together; amass.
Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
(transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.
A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
(transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
John Henry collects stamps.
I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
My friend from school has started to collects mangas and novels recently
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To collect payments.
He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
(intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
The rain collected in puddles.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
A band of menCollected choicely from each country.
'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
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Collect
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To infer; to conclude.
Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse.
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
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Collect
Get or gather together;
I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
She rolled up a small fortune
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Collect
Call for and obtain payment of;
We collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
He collected the rent
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Collect
Assemble or get together;
Gather some stones
Pull your thoughts together
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Collect
Gather or collect;
You can get the results on Monday
She picked up the children at the day care center
They pick up our trash twice a week
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
Payment due by the recipient on delivery;
A collect call
The letter came collect
A COD parcel
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
Make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays;
Call collect
Send a package collect
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Oct 20, 2023
Collect
To come together in one place from different areas.
Rainwater collects in puddles.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 27, 2023
Collect
To gain or regain control of oneself.
He took a moment to collect his thoughts.
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Oct 27, 2023
FAQs
Why is it called Collect?
Derived from the Latin word "colligere" meaning "to gather."
Sawaira Riaz
Nov 14, 2023
Which preposition is used with Collect?
"From" as in "collect from the store."
Sara Rehman
Nov 14, 2023
Which conjunction is used with Collect?
Any conjunction can be used, depending on the context.
Harlon Moss
Nov 14, 2023
Is Collect a negative or positive word?
Neutral; context determines its connotation.
Aimie Carlson
Nov 14, 2023
Is Collect a countable noun?
Not typically used as a noun, but if so, it's uncountable.
Sara Rehman
Nov 14, 2023
Is Collect a noun or adjective?
Primarily a verb, but can be a noun in certain contexts.
Harlon Moss
Nov 14, 2023
Is Collect a vowel or consonant?
"Collect" is a word containing both vowels and consonants.
Aimie Carlson
Nov 14, 2023
Is the Collect term a metaphor?
Not inherently, but can be used metaphorically.
Aimie Carlson
Nov 14, 2023
How is Collect used in a sentence?
She went to the post office to collect her package.
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Nov 14, 2023
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