collect /kә'lekt/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
• (v.) call for and obtain payment of
• (v.) get or bring together

Chinese translation

• v. 收集, 聚集, 集中, 搜集
• a. 由收到者付款的
• adv. 由收到者付款地

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/kә'lekt/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam

Frequency

Zipf 4.37 · Rare

Word forms

collected, collecting, collects

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