collect vs dot

collect

verb
  • To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation. 

  • To get; particularly, get from someone. 

  • To infer; to conclude. 

  • To gather together; amass. 

  • To come together in a group or mass. 

  • To collect payments. 

  • To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle). 

adj
  • To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment. 

adv
  • With payment due from the recipient. 

noun
  • The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer. 

dot

verb
  • To mark or diversify with small detached objects. 

  • To punch (a person). 

  • To cover with small spots (of some liquid). 

  • To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to. 

  • To mark by means of dots or small spots. 

prep
  • Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector. 

noun
  • A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes. 

  • A small, round spot. 

  • buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun 

  • A dot ball. 

  • One of the two symbols used in Morse code. 

  • A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period. 

  • A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ. 

  • Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen. 

  • A dowry. 

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