What does collect mean?
Word: Collect
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Collect means to bring things together from different places, or to go and fetch someone or something.
Synonyms: gather, pick up, assemble
Antonyms: spread
How do you spell collect?
Syllables: col - lect
Tricky part: The double l is the hard part. Because you hear only one l sound, many children write colect.
Watch out for: colect, collact
Memory tip: Nobody collects just one stamp, so collect never has just one l.
Idioms and Phrases
- collect your thoughts: to calm down and think clearly before you speak or act Example: "Take a minute to collect your thoughts before you answer."
Collect in a sentence
Example 1: Arjun likes to collect old coins from different countries.
Example 2: Please collect the notebooks and put them on my table.
Example 3: Papa will collect me from school at two o'clock.
Fun Fact
There is also a noun collect, said with the stress on col, which means a short prayer read in some church services.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) arrange
b) cullect
c) receive
d) connect
Show answer
b) cullect. The first vowel in collect is o, just as it is in college.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
collect
a) heap
b) store
c) stack
d) scatter
Show answer
d) scatter. To scatter is to throw things about, the opposite of bringing them together.
Word Makeup
Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:
collect
a) eon
b) ian
c) oin
d) ion
Show answer
d) ion. Collect + ion makes collection, a set of things gathered together.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
colleckt
a) t
b) k
c) l
d) c
Show answer
b) k. The hard sound at the end is made by c alone, so the k must go.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After the school fair, the children were asked to collect the litter. They had to
a) gather it up into bags
b) count it piece by piece
c) drop more of it about
d) leave it for the cleaners
Show answer
a) gather it up into bags
2. Meena went to collect her brother from the station. What did she do?
a) She went to send him a parcel.
b) She went to bring him home.
c) She went to see him off.
d) She went to buy his ticket.
Show answer
b) She went to bring him home.
