Meaning & Definition of Collect in English
English⟶
Collect
/kəlɛkt/
noun
1. A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the church of rome or the church of england
synonym:
- collect
verb
1. 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"
synonym:
- roll up,
- collect,
- accumulate,
- pile up,
- amass,
- compile,
- hoard
2. Call for and obtain payment of
- "We collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"
- "He collected the rent"
synonym:
- collect,
- take in
3. Assemble or get together
- "Gather some stones"
- "Pull your thoughts together"
synonym:
- gather,
- garner,
- collect,
- pull together
4. Get or bring together
- "Accumulate evidence"
synonym:
- collect,
- pull in
5. 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"
synonym:
- collect,
- pick up,
- gather up,
- call for
adjective
1. Payable by the recipient on delivery
- "A collect call"
- "The letter came collect"
- "A cod parcel"
synonym:
- collect,
- cod
adverb
1. Make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
- "Call collect"
- "Send a package collect"
synonym:
- collect
Examples of using
Her hobby was to collect ancient coins.
Do you still collect stamps?
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