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Definition of Collect
1. Adverb. Make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays. "Send a package collect"
2. Adjective. Payable by the recipient on delivery. "A COD parcel"
3. Verb. Get or gather together. "They collect the money in the closet"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
Specialized synonyms: Run Up, Corral, Pull In, Come Up, Scrape, Scrape Up, Scratch, Chunk, Lump, Bale, Catch, Fund, Fund
Generic synonyms: Hive Away, Lay In, Put In, Salt Away, Stack Away, Stash Away, Store
Derivative terms: Accumulation, Accumulation, Accumulative, Accumulative, Collecting, Collection, Compilation, Compilation
4. Noun. A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England.
5. Verb. Call for and obtain payment of. "He collected the rent"
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Farm, Raise
Derivative terms: Collectible, Collector
6. Verb. Assemble or get together. "Pull your thoughts together"
Specialized synonyms: Marshal, Mobilise, Mobilize, Summon, Rake, Glean, Harvest, Reap, Club, Hive, Salvage, Scavenge, Come Up, Muster, Muster Up, Rally, Summon, Round Up, Cull, Pick, Pluck, Nut, Snail, Bird-nest, Birdnest, Nest, Oyster, Sponge, Pearl, Clam, Shock, Heap Up, Pile Up, Stack Up
Derivative terms: Collecting, Collection, Gather
Also: Gather Up
Antonyms: Spread
7. Verb. Get or bring together. "Accumulate evidence"
Specialized synonyms: Archive, File Away, Beat Up, Drum Up, Rally
Generic synonyms: Accumulate, Amass, Compile, Hoard, Pile Up, Roll Up
Derivative terms: Collecting, Collection
8. Verb. Gather or collect. "They pick up our trash twice a week"
Definition of Collect
1. v. t. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
2. v. i. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
3. n. A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
Definition of Collect
1. Verb. (transitive) To gather together; amass. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To accumulate a number of similar or related (objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare (term gather), (term get).) ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive often with ''on'' or ''against'') To collect payments. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To collect objects as a hobby. ¹
8. Adjective. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment. ¹
9. Adverb. With payment due from the recipient. ¹
10. Noun. (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Collect
1. to bring together in a group [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collect
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