RE-COLLECTS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

recollects 1 of 2

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of recollect

as in remembers

to bring back to mind I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house

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re-collects

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of re-collect

as in contains

to gain emotional or mental control of she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery

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as in retrieves

to get again in one's possession I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands

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The stains, her mother remembers, were caused by chocolate syrup from a chocolate fountain, strawberries, tequila, catered Mexican food from their favorite restaurant — all from the wedding reception.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Kalinowski also vividly remembers the first of Reid Williams’ interceptions this season.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of remembers

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California officials, however, say the government’s list contains substantial inaccuracies and risks disenfranchising eligible citizens.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026
The study contains no word on the protein component of hemoglobin being preserved.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of contains

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An agent reads a ticket, retrieves a document, queries a database, calls a tool, maybe hands off to a second agent, and only then responds.

— Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The Hero With a Tragic Backstory Below stars Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney, a fisherman fallen on hard times who now retrieves chunks of floating Arctic ice to be used in making vodka and reluctantly AirBnBs his home to tourists.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrieves

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In the opening pages of his book, How to Save the Media, McKenzie recalls drinking whiskey at the Chelsea Hotel alongside former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, who now publishes the popular Fresh Hell newsletter on Substack.

— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
Sharon Horgan recalls writing the Youth ending and how a UTI saved it.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of recalls

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The man composes his responses with the help of a manual that instructs him on which incoming string of Chinese characters should be answered with which other string of Chinese characters.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Agent authority composes dynamically.

— Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of composes

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The powertrain also recaptures waste energy; the ThermAssist heat management system boosts range by 7 percent and reduces the amount of energy needed to heat the car by 40 percent.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.

— Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026

Definition of recaptures

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The man rushes to the garage, grabs a crate of tools and a leaf blower and gets back inside the vehicle, which then reverses and drives off.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
An organization that helps its people prepare gets back something no policy can manufacture.

— Vikas Arora, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of gets back

Verb

While the high-traffic Everest climbing season is over, Nepal is in the midst of its prime autumn trekking season, even as the country recovers from a devastating monsoon period that included deadly late-August flash floods.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Bertha and George Russell remain at odds, as George recovers from being shot by a malcontent and continues to unfairly blame Bertha for everything that’s gone wrong in his perpetual quest to become the most powerful man in New York.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

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