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collect
Verb
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If you collect some things, you bring them together as a group.
The study collected data from 562 mothers in the hospital.
The rain collected in a pool.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
debt
Noun
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If you are in debt, you owe money (normally to a bank).