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1. (v.t.) collect
to gather together; assemble.
2. collect
to make a collection of:
to collect stamps.
3. collect
to demand and receive payment of.
4. collect
to regain control of (oneself or one's thoughts or emotions).
5. collect
to call for and take with one:
Did you collect your mail?
6. (v.i.) collect
to gather together; assemble.
7. collect
to accumulate.
8. collect
to receive payment (often fol. by on):
We collected on the damage to our house.
9. (adv.) collect
requiring payment by the recipient:
to call collect.
10. (n.) collect
any of certain brief prayers used in Western churches esp. before the epistle in the communion service.
Etymology: (1150–1200; collecte < ML ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at collection)
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1. (adj) collect
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
2. (verb) collect, cod
payable by the recipient on delivery
"a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
3. (verb) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
get or gather together
"I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
4. (verb) collect, take in
call for and obtain payment of
"we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
5. (verb) gather, garner, collect, pull together
assemble or get together
"gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
6. (verb) collect, pull in
get or bring together
"accumulate evidence"
7. (adverb) collect, pick up, gather up, call for
gather or collect
"You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
8. (adverb) collect
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
"call collect"; "send a package collect"
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1. (verb) collect
to gather or bring together from different places
We're collecting cans for recycling.; to collect money for charity; Rainwater collects in the barrel.
2. collect
to get and keep things of a similar type as a hobby
I collected model airplanes as a child.
3. collect
go to get sb or sth; = pick up
to collect the children from school
4. (adverb) collect
call collect
to telephone sb and have the bill paid by the person your are calling
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) collect
to gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering
2. (verb) collect
to demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes
3. (verb) collect
to infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises
4. (verb) collect
to assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks
5. (verb) collect
to infer; to conclude
6. (verb) collect
a short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy
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Sense: to bring or come together; to gather
People are collecting in front of the house; I collect stamps; I'm collecting (money) for cancer research; He's trying to collect his thoughts.
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 Afrikaans: bymekaarmaak, vergader, k |
 Arabic: يَجْمَع، يَتَجَمّع |
 Bulgarian: събирам |
 Brazilian: reunir |
 Czech: shromažďovat (se), sbírat |
 German: sammeln |
 Danish: samle |
 Greek: συγκεντρώνω, συγκεντρώνομ |
 Spanish: reunir, recopilar |
 Estonian: koguma, kogunema |
 Farsi: جمع کردن؛ جمع شدن |
 Finnish: kerätä |
 French: (se) rassembler |
 Hebrew: לֶאֱסוֹף |
 Hindi: संग्रहीत करना |
 Croatian: sabirati |
 Hungarian: (össze)gyűjt |
 Indonesian: mengumpulkan |
 Icelandic: safna; ná jafnvægi |
 Italian: riunirsi |
 Japanese: 集める |
 Korean: 모으다, 모이다 |
 Lithuanian: rinkti(s), sukaupti |
 Latvian: vākt; krāt; kolekcionēt; |
 Malay: mengumpul |
 Dutch: (zich) verzamelen |
 Norwegian: samle(s); samle seg |
 Polish: zbierać |
 Persian: جمع کردن؛ جمع شدن |
 Pashto: لنډ يا مختصر لمونځ |
 Portuguese: reunir |
 Romanian: a (se) strânge; a (se) ad |
 Russian: собирать(ся) |
 Slovak: zbierať |
 Slovenian: zbrati (se) |
 Serbian: sakupiti |
 Swedish: samla[s] |
 Thai: สะสม |
 Turkish: toplamak, biriktirmek |
 Taiwanese: 收集 |
 Ukrainian: збирати(ся) |
 Urdu: اکٹھے کرنا یا ہونا |
 Vietnamese: tụ tập; sưu tập |
 Chinese: 收集 |
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