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

2 of 2

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
  • And of course, as everyone remembers, Jesse closed things out in the ninth, striking out Boston second baseman Marty Barrett, who was trying to become the first player ever with 14 hits in a single World Series.
    — New York Daily News, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
  • No one remembers the countless teams that never recovered in the face of long odds.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of remembers
Verb
  • His personal Facebook contains one post addressing his candidacy.
    — Sophie Lindberg July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
  • Oodi contains books, but describing it only as a library misses the point.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of contains
Verb
  • Robot tracks victims, retrieves The system is aimed at a critical gap in maritime search and rescue.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • The catch shows up in production, where a model that retrieves text resembling the question still doesn’t understand how the business fits together.
    — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of retrieves
Verb
  • MacLeod recalls a conversation with one line worker who wanted to turn to Starlink.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
  • News of egg and blueberry recalls, plus an investigation into a new, separate cyclospora outbreak, has not helped.
    — Lisa Cuchara, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
Definition of recalls
Verb
  • Agent authority composes dynamically.
    — Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Each night, the chef composes a refined tasting menu, featuring two appetizers, a choice of two entrées, and a dessert.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 June 2026
Definition of composes
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  • 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
  • While not a full-fledged continuation of the fantastic action show Lycoris Recoil, this series of shorts recaptures the other half of the 2022 girls-with-guns series.
    — Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of recaptures
Verb
  • Then, after a short break, the action gets back underway with Lionel Messi’s Argentina facing Switzerland.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • For that reason, there’s a real shot that Pickens can still score 15-17 PPG while Lamb gets back to that 17 PPG range himself.
    — Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Definition of gets back
Verb
  • Chris Johnson forces and recovers a fumble on a run by Ollie Gordon that reached the perimeter.
    — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The 49ers will hand some of their head-coaching reins over to a longtime assistant while Kyle Shanahan recovers from injuries suffered in a recent car crash.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
Definition of recovers
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