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Meaning of 'collect'
Meaning of 'collect' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Collect 
[ v. i.]
- To assemble together; as, the people collected in a
crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks. [ v. i.]- To infer; to conclude.
2. Collect [ v. t.]
- To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring
together; to obtain by gathering. [ v. t.]- To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
- To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
- A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
Meaning of 'collect' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. collect [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- get or bring together
- get or bring together
Example in sentence:
- accumulate evidence
Meaning (2):
- assemble or get together
- assemble or get together
Example in sentence:
- gather some stones;
- pull your thoughts together
Meaning (3):
- get or gather together
- get or gather together
Example in sentence:
- 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
Meaning (4):
- call for and obtain payment of
- call for and obtain payment of
Example in sentence:
- he collected the rent;
- we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
Meaning (5):
- gather or collect
- gather or collect
Example in sentence:
- She picked up the children at the day care center;
- They pick up our trash twice a week;
- You can get the results on Monday
2. collect [ r]
[ r]Meaning (6):
- make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
- make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
Example in sentence:
- call collect;
- send a package collect
3. collect [ s]
[ s]Meaning (7):
- payable by the recipient on delivery
- payable by the recipient on delivery
Example in sentence:
- a COD parcel;
- a collect call;
- the letter came collect
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