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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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