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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.
- To infer; to conclude.
2 . Collect [ v. t.]
- To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- get or bring together
Example in sentence:
  • accumulate evidence
Meaning (2):
- assemble or get together
Example in sentence:
  • gather some stones;
  • pull your thoughts together
Meaning (3):
- call for and obtain payment of
Example in sentence:
  • he collected the rent;
  • we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
Meaning (4):
- 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 (5):
- 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
6 . collect [ r]
Meaning (6):
- make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
Example in sentence:
  • call collect;
  • send a package collect
7 . collect [ s]
Meaning (7):
- payable by the recipient on delivery
Example in sentence:
  • a COD parcel;
  • a collect call;
  • the letter came collect

Nearby Words:

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