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collect

[ kuh-lekt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to gather together; assemble:
The professor collected the students' exams.
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to accumulate; make a collection of:
to collect stamps.
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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.
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to call for and take with one: They collected their mail.
He drove off to collect his guests.
They collected their mail.
�Ѳ��è��. to bring (a horse) into a collected attitude.
Archaic. to infer.

verb (used without object)

to gather together; assemble:
The students collected in the assembly hall.
to accumulate:
Rainwater collected in the barrel.
to receive payment (often followed by on ):
He collected on the damage to his house.
to gather or bring together books, stamps, coins, etc., usually as a hobby:
He's been collecting for years.
�Ѳ��è��. (of a horse) to come into a collected attitude.

adjective

requiring payment by the recipient: a telegram sent collect.
a collect telephone call;
a telegram sent collect.

collect

[ kol-ekt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of certain brief prayers used in Western churches especially before the epistle in the communion service.

collect

/ ��əˈ��ɛ�� /

verb

to gather together or be gathered together
to accumulate (stamps, books, etc) as a hobby or for study
tr to call for or receive payment of (taxes, dues, etc)
tr to regain control of (oneself, one's emotions, etc) as after a shock or surprise
he collected his wits
tr to fetch; pick up
collect your own post
he collected the children after school
slang.
intrsometimes foll byon to receive large sums of money, as from an investment
he really collected when the will was read
informal.
tr to collide with; be hit by
collect on delivery
the US term for cash on delivery

adverb

(of telephone calls) on a reverse-charge basis

noun

informal.
a winning bet

collect

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɛ�� /

noun

Christianity a short Church prayer generally preceding the lesson or epistle in Communion and other services

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collect¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin ��Ǳ��ŧ��ٳܲ� (past participle of colligere “to collect”), equivalent to col- “with, together” + leg- (stem of legere “to gather”) + -tus past participle suffix; col- ¹

Origin of collect²

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English collecte, from Old French collecte, colete, and Medieval Latin collecta, short for ōrātiō ad collēctam “prayer at collection”; collect ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collect¹

C16: from Latin ��Ǳ��ŧ��ٳܲ� collected, from colligere to gather together, from com- together + legere to gather

Origin of collect²

C13: from Medieval Latin collecta (from the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at the (people's) assembly), from Latin colligere to collect ¹

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Synonym Study

See gather.

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Example Sentences

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If you are collecting them in person, check with your school for an exact time.

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“Furlough’s Paradise” makes you care deeply about what will happen to Mina and Sade once the authorities come to collect Sade.

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Here we collect some of the day's most powerful news photographs.

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Other customers have described having to cancel orders for clothes which they were expecting to collect before going on holiday, or being unable to return goods they had previously bought.

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Dirt collected by a resident at the site showed selenium, a trace element that can be harmful in heavy concentrations, according to the results, which were reviewed by The Times.

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