[{"word":"collects","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To gather together; amass.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out."},{"definition":"To get; particularly, get from someone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.   A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house."},{"definition":"To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I don't think he collects as much as hoards."},{"definition":"To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(often with on or against) To collect payments.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made."},{"definition":"To come together in a group or mass.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The rain collected in puddles."},{"definition":"To infer; to conclude.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collect","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collects"]}]