Collect and Spread

Collect

Collect verb - Assemble or get together.

Spread is an antonym for collect in topics: gather, accumulate.

Spread

Spread verb - Distribute or disperse widely.
Usage example: The invaders spread their language all over the country

Collect is an antonym for spread in topics: publicize, open or fan out.

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

Common collocations

people collect people spread people
knowledge collect knowledge spread knowledge
information collect information spread information
blood collect blood spread blood
Other words: points, stories, seeds.

Both words in one sentence

  • You can collect power-ups such as rapid fire and spread fire.Needs Wiki Magic Love.This Video Game contains examples of: Gotta Catch Them All: You must collect all the gems in each level.
  • Same for Star Fox Command, except you need to collect coins first (which spread out from kill No. 100).
  • Amazon Brigade They believe that it is their sacred duty to cleanse the City of the Damned of its taint and collect wyrdstone so that it cannot be spread across the Empire.
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