Collect meaning

What does “collect” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“collect” is a noun, verb, adjective and adverb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England.

collect

noun

a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

verb

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”
Synonymsroll up accumulate pile up amass compile hoard
call for and obtain payment of
“we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts”
“he collected the rent”
Synonymstake in
assemble or get together
“gather some stones”
“pull your thoughts together”
Synonymsgather garner pull together
get or bring together
“accumulate evidence”
Synonymspull in
gather or collect
“You can get the results on Monday”
“She picked up the children at the day care center”
Synonymspick up gather up call for

adjective

payable by the recipient on delivery
“a collect call”
“the letter came collect”
Synonymscod

adverb

make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
“call collect”
“send a package collect”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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