[
  {
    "word": "collect",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259\u02c8l\u025bkt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259\u02c8l\u025bkt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/collect-1-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2453904",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "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.\u00a0\u00a0 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": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "amound",
          "gather",
          "bump into",
          "plough into",
          "run into",
          "group",
          "mass",
          "merge",
          "aggregate",
          "gather up",
          "receive",
          "secure",
          "assume",
          "construe"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "With payment due from the recipient.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had to call collect."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "amound",
          "gather",
          "bump into",
          "plough into",
          "run into",
          "group",
          "mass",
          "merge",
          "aggregate",
          "gather up",
          "receive",
          "secure",
          "assume",
          "construe"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collect"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "collect",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8k\u0252l\u026akt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0252l\u026akt/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0251l\u025bkt/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "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"
    ]
  }
]