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| col·lect [ kə lékt ] |
verb (past and past participle col·lect·ed, present participle col·lect·ing, 3rd person present singular col·lects) |
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1. transitive verb gather things in one place: to bring things together
  I collected my belongings and left.
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2. transitive verb keep things of same type: to obtain and keep objects of a similar type because of their interest, value, or beauty
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3. transitive verb fetch somebody or something: to go to get people or objects and bring them somewhere
They collected me from the airport.
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4. transitive verb take money or prize: to take the money or prize to which a person is entitled
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5. transitive and intransitive verb ask for donations: to ask for money from people for a particular purpose
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6. transitive and intransitive verb accumulate: to gather and gradually accumulate in a place
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7. intransitive verb gradually assemble: to come together gradually in a place and form a group or crowd of people
By now an angry crowd had collected.
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8. col·lect your·self vr get control of yourself: to gain or regain control of yourself and deliberately calm yourself or prepare yourself psychologically
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9. intransitive verb get money: to obtain money that is due, e.g. from an insurance policy
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so that call recipient pays: so as to be charged to the receiver of a phone call that is placed
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payable by receiver: charged by the caller to the receiver
He placed two collect calls from his hotel room.
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| [Mid-16th century. Directly or via French< medieval Latin collectare< Latin collect-, past participle of colligere "gather together" < legere "gather"] |
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collect, accumulate, gather, amass, assemble, stockpile, hoard
CORE MEANING: to bring dispersed things together
collect to bring things together, or to make a collection of similar things as a hobby;
Our eyes, ears, and noses collect information about distant objects.
He started collecting stamps at the age of nine.
accumulate to obtain a large amount of something over a period of time;
Merchants began to accumulate wealth in the form of gold bullion.
An enormous amount of material about such families has been accumulated over the past century.
gather to bring together people or things to form a group, or compile something such as information or ideas from various sources;
We gathered the children at the entrance to the exhibition.
She was gathering flowers as we strolled round the garden.
They are gathering together more information on the subject.
amass to bring a large quantity of things together over time;
the growing evidence that is being amassed by investigators
He is thought to have amassed a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
assemble to bring people or things together, or gather together in one place;
one of the greatest orchestras ever assembled
Assemble all the ingredients before starting to cook.
All the guests will be assembling in the hall at 12.
stockpile to collect and store large amounts of things such as equipment or weapons for future use;
U.N. resolutions that banned the country from stockpiling, developing, or using weapons of mass destruction
hoard to collect and store, often secretly, large amounts of things such as food or money for future use;
She carefully hoarded the extra money she made.
At the first hint of a supply problem, people start hoarding dry goods. |
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