Past tense of collect
regular verb
The past tense of collect is collected. The past participle is also collected.
Forms of collect
| Base form (V1) | collect /kəˈlɛkt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | collected /kəˈlɛktɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | collected /kəˈlɛktɪd/ |
| Present participle | collecting /kəˈlɛktɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | collects |
Collected in a sentence
- Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
- The rain collected in puddles.
- The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.From the entry rubbish
- Historically speaking, this company has always collected payment before starting work.From the entry historically
- That's quite a lot of gadgets you have collected. Do you use any of them?From the entry gadget
Meaning of collect
- verb To gather together; amass.
- verb To get; particularly, get from someone.
- verb To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
Questions about the past tense of collect
- What is the past tense of collect?
- The past tense of collect is collected.
- What is the past participle of collect?
- The past participle of collect is collected.
- Is collect a regular or irregular verb?
- Collect is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: collect (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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