Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Collect

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  1. Hoard
  2. Compose
  3. Disperse
  4. Confine

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Option 3 : Disperse
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The correct answer is 'Disperse'.

Key Points

  •  Collect means to gather and assemble together.
    • Example: A courier was dispatched to collect the documents.
  •  Disperse means to drive or send off in various directions; scatter.
    • Example: Police ordered the crowd to disperse.
  •  From the above meaning and the example given above, Disperse and Collect are antonyms of each other.
  •  Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.

Additional Information

  •  Hoard means to collect and store large quantities of something.
  •  Compose to be the parts that together form something.
  •  Confine to keep a person or animal in a particular, usually small, place.

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