Hyphenation of collect

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word collect ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

col-lect

Definitions of collect :

1.
A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
2.
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
3.
Call for and obtain payment of
We collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts He collected the rent
4.
Assemble or get together
Gather some stones Pull your thoughts together
5.
Get or bring together
Accumulate evidence
6.
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
7.
Payable by the recipient on delivery
A collect call The letter came collect A COD parcel
8.
Make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
Call collect Send a package collect

Synonyms of collect :

adj cod, due, owed
noun prayer, petition, orison
verbroll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard, store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
verbtake in, take
verb gather, garner, pull together
verbpull in, roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
verbpick up, gather up, call for, get, acquire

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