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    collect
    /kəˈlɛkt/

    verb

    • 1. bring or gather together (a number of things): "he went round the office collecting old coffee cups" Similar gatheraccumulateassembleamassOpposite distributesquander
    • 2. call for and take away; fetch: "the children were collected from school" Similar fetchgo/come to getgo/come and getcall forOpposite takedrop off

    adjective

    • 1. (of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it: North American "a collect call"

    adverb

    • 1. (with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it: North American "I called my mother collect"

    noun

    • 1. a winning bet. informal Australian, New Zealand

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  2. Jul 15, 2015 · The meaning of COLLECT is a short prayer comprising an invocation, petition, and conclusion; specifically, often capitalized : one preceding the eucharistic Epistle and varying with the day. How to use collect in a sentence.

  3. 1. To come together in a group or mass; gather: Sand collected in the crevices. 2. To take in payments or donations: collecting for charity. adv. & adj. With payment to be made by the receiver: called collect; a collect phone call.

  4. COLLECT definition: 1. to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby: 2. to go to a place and…. Learn more.

  5. to receive or compel payment of: to collect a bill. to regain control of (oneself or one's thoughts, faculties, composure, or the like): At the news of her promotion, she took a few minutes to collect herself. Synonyms: calm, compose. to call for and take with one: They collected their mail.

  6. The verb collect describes gathering or bringing something together. Charity organizations often collect warm coats for people in need. Other people who want to help those in need seek monetary donations.

  7. When you collect someone or something, you go and get them from the place where they are waiting for you or have been left for you.

  8. Definition of collect verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. Verb. Noun. Adjective. Filter. verb. collected, collecting, collects. To gather together; assemble. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To gather (stamps, books, etc.) as a hobby. Webster's New World. To accumulate. Water collects in the basement. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.

  10. to gather together; assemble: [ no object] The youth group collected in the parking lot. [ ~ + object] We collected the kids and hustled them onto the bus. [ ~ + object] to obtain many examples of (something), or make a collection of (something), as a hobby: She likes to collect stamps.

  11. Jun 2, 2024 · ( transitive) To gather together; amass . Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out. The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall. ( transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone. A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.

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