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collins

/ˈkɑlɪnz/noun2 syllables

Collins means: English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889).

Synonyms for collins3

noun, as in English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)

Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins

noun, as in tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice

Tom Collins

What does collins mean?2

noun

1

English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)

2

tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Collins in a sentence

  • The Collins reagent is used to oxidize primary alcohols into aldehydes.rul
  • I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.Jane_Austen
  • I heard that Mr. Collins asked you to marry him.chubbard
  • How did Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins leave the moon on the way back?maaster
  • Which dictionary is better, Collins or Oxford?mervert1
  • Colonel Collins was the first woman to be in charge of a Space Shuttle mission.Hybrid

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Forms of collins

as a noun

plural
collinses