Collect - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəˈlekt|  American pronunciation of the word collect
Brit.  |kəˈlekt|  British pronunciation of the word collect

noun

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

verb

- get or gather together (syn: accumulate, amass, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up)
- call for and obtain payment of (syn: take in)
we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
he collected the rent
- assemble or get together (syn: garner, gather, pull together)
- get or bring together (syn: pull in)
- gather or collect (syn: gather up, pick up)

adverb

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

adjective

- payable by the recipient on delivery (syn: cod)
a collect call
the letter came collect

Extra examples

They hope to collect over 1,000 signatures on the petition.

He collected stories from all over the world.

They collected information about the community.

We collected soil samples from several areas on the site.

We collected our baggage from the baggage claim at the airport.

I left my suit at the cleaners and I have to collect it today.

She enjoys collecting antique teapots.

He has an impressive stamp collection, though he has been collecting for only a few years.

I took a minute to collect my thoughts.

Collecting up her belongings, she ran out of the house.

A fine is to be collected from you.

I'm collecting for the Red Cross, please give generously.

I'll collect you from the airport.

Many of the laws of Nature may be collected from experiments.

After 25 years of collecting recipes, she has compiled them into a cookbook.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: collect
he/she/it: collects
present participle: collecting
past tense: collected
past participle: collected
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