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
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recollects
  1. remembers
  2. contains
  3. retrieves
  4. recalls
  5. composes
  6. recaptures
  7. gets back
  8. recovers
Verb
  • But War suddenly remembers that Johnny is supposed to be a mole of some consequence.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
  • This was the call Hunter Armistead, Pattern’s CEO, remembers getting from his head engineer when the turbines came online for the very first time.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of remembers
Verb
  • If the brain’s primary goal is to reduce prediction error, this way of being contains a trap.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The origin story of Silicon Valley contains two contradictions.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of contains
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Lent, the period of spiritual preparation leading up to Easter, recalls his 40 days of fasting in the wilderness.
    — Shushan Karapetian, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Dorothy recalls patrons hanging around the shop for hours, running her hands along a rainbow of silk ties, and picking up tailor pins with her cousins to pass the time.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of recalls
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • An organization that helps its people prepare gets back something no policy can manufacture.
    — Vikas Arora, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Budd gets back into the race and Decker goes down with an injured thigh.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of gets back
Verb
  • The important thing here is that His Holiness the pope recovers his health.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Defensive player of the week Junior defensive back Jaden Wright makes six tackles, intercepts a pass, recovers a fumble and also returns a punt 55 yards for a touchdown during Warren’s 49-0 North Suburban Conference win over Waukegan.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of recovers
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