collect

col·lect ¹  (k-lkt)

v. col·lect·ed, col·lect·ing, col·lects

v.tr.

1. To bring together in a group or mass; gather.

2. To accumulate as a hobby or for study.

3. To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes.

4. To recover control of: collect one's emotions.

5. To call for (someone); pick up: collected the children and drove home.

v.intr.

1. To come together in a group or mass; gather. See Synonyms at gather.

2. To take in payments or donations: collecting for charity.

adv. & adj.

With payment to be made by the receiver: called collect; a collect phone call.

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[Middle English collecten, from Latin colligere, collct- : com-, com- + legere, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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collect ¹

Verb

1. to gather together or be gathered together

2. to gather (objects, such as stamps) as a hobby or for study

3. to go to a place to fetch (a person or thing)

4. to receive payments of (taxes, dues, or contributions)

5. to regain control of (oneself or one's emotions) [Latin com- together + legere to gather]

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collect ²

Noun

Christianity a short prayer said during certain church services [Medieval Latin oratio ad collectam prayer at the assembly]

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Collect a meeting for worship; an assembly; a collection; a gathering.

Examples: collect of money; of Tuscan hieroglyphics, 1651.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	collect - a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England orison, petition, prayer - reverent petition to a deity
Verb	1.	collect - 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"; "She rolled up a small fortune" accumulate, compile, hoard, amass, roll up, pile up run up - pile up (debts or scores) corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election" collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" chunk, lump - put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" bale - make into a bale; "bale hay" catch - take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater" fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan" fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulation salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
	2.	collect - call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" take in take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" farm - collect fees or profits raise - collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
	3.	collect - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" gather, pull together, garner mobilize, marshal, mobilise, summon - make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" rake - gather with a rake; "rake leaves" glean, harvest, reap - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" club - gather into a club-like mass; "club hair" hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm" salvage, scavenge - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" muster, muster up, rally, summon, come up - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" round up - seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers" cull, pick, pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" nut - gather nuts snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer" bird-nest, birdnest - gather birdnests; "They went birdnesting in the early morning" nest - gather nests oyster - gather oysters, dig oysters sponge - gather sponges, in the ocean pearl - gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean clam - gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean shock - collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain" heap up, stack up, pile up - arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"
	4.	collect - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" pull in archive, file away - put into an archive drum up, rally, beat up - gather; "drum up support" collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - 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"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
	5.	collect - gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" gather up, pick up, call for acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
Adj.	1.	collect - payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" cod due - owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due"
Adv.	1.	collect - make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"

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collect

verb 1. gather, save, assemble, heap, accumulate, aggregate, amass, stockpile, hoard << OPPOSITE scatter

verb 2. raise, secure, gather, obtain, acquire, muster, solicit

verb 3. assemble, meet, rally, cluster, come together, convene, converge, congregate, flock together << OPPOSITE disperse

Translations

collect [kəˈlɛkt] vt → reunir;

(as a hobby) → coleccionar;

(BRIT) (= call and pick up); recoger [+ wages]; cobrar [+ debts]; recaudar [+ donations, subscriptions]; colectar

vi [crowd] → reunirse

adv to call collect (US) (TEL) → llamar a cobro revertido;

to collect one's thoughts → reponerse, recobrar el dominio de sí mismo;

collect on delivery (COD) (US) → entrega contra reembolso

collect [kəˈlɛkt] vt → rassembler (= pick up); ramasser;

(as a hobby) → collectionner;

(Brit) (= call for); (passer) prendre [+ mail]; faire la levée de, ramasser [+ money owed]; encaisser [+ donations, subscriptions]; recueillir

vi [people] → se rassembler; [dust, dirt] → s'amasser;

to collect one's thoughts → réfléchir, réunir ses idées;

collect on delivery (COD) (US) (Comm) → payable or paiement à la livraison;

to call collect (US) (Tel) → téléphoner en PCV

collect [kəˈlɛkt] vt → sammeln [+ mail] (Brit) (fetch) → abholen;

(debts) → eintreiben;

(taxes) → einziehen

vi → sich ansammeln

adv (US) (Tel);

to call collect → ein R-Gespräch führen;

to collect one's thoughts → seine Gedanken ordnen, sich sammeln;

collect on delivery (US) (Comm) → per Nachnahme

collect [kəˈlɛkt] vt (gen) → raccogliere;

(as a hobby) → fare collezione di;

(BRIT) (= call for); prendere [+ money owed, pension]; riscuotere [+ donations, subscriptions]; fare una colletta di

vi [people] → adunarsi, riunirsi; [rubbish etc] → ammucchiarsi

adv (US) (TEL): to call collect → fare una chiamata a carico del destinatario;

to collect one's thoughts → raccogliere le idee;

collect on delivery (COD) (US ) (COMM) → pagamento alla consegna

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collect

v collect [kəˈlekt]

1 to bring or come together; to gather People are collecting in front of the house; I collect stamps; I'm collecting (money) for cancer research; He's trying to collect his thoughts.bymekaarmaak, vergader, kollekteer, versamelيَجْمَع، يَتَجَمّعсъбирамshromažďovat (se), sbíratsamlesammelnσυγκεντρώνω, συγκεντρώνομαι, συλλέγωreunir, recopilarkoguma, kogunemaجمع کردن؛ جمع شدنkerääntyä, kerätä(se) rassemblerלֶאֱסוֹףसंग्रहीत करनाsabirati(össze)gyűjtmengumpulkansafna; ná jafnvægiriunirsi集める모이다; 모으다rinkti(s), sukauptivākt; krāt; kolekcionēt; koncentrēties; sapulcētiesmengumpul(zich) verzamelensamle(s); samle segzbieraćreunira (se) strânge; a (se) adunaсобирать(ся)zbieraťzbrati (se)sakupitisamla[]สะสมtoplamak, biriktirmek收集збирати(ся)اکٹھے کرنا یا ہوناtụ tập; sưu tập收集

2 to call for and take away She collects the children from school each day.afhaalيَأخُذ، يَجْلِبвзимамvyzvednoutafhenteabholenπηγαίνω και παίρνωrecogerära toomaرفتن و با خود بردنnoutaaaller chercherלֶאֱסוֹףले जानाdoći poérte megymenjemputná íandare a prendere連れに行く데려오다, 찾아 오다užeiti ko nors paimtiaiziet kādam pakaļmengambilophalenhenteodbieraćbuscara luaзабиратьzastaviť sa (po)iti po kajpokupitihämtaพามาgidip almak接走забирати, заходити (за)لے کر جاناđón接走

adj colˈlected

1 gathered together in one book etc the collected poems of Robert Burns.versamelingمَجموع، مَجْموعَهсъбраниsebranýsamletgesammeltάπαντα, που δημιουργούν συλλογήcompletokogutudگردآوری شدهkootturecueil (de)אָסוּפָהएकत्रित करनाsakupljen, sabranösszegyűjtöttmengumpulkansamansafnaðurraccolto集めた모은rinktiniskopoti rakstiterkumpulverzameldsamletzebranyreunidocules, adunatсобранныйzobranýzbransabransamladที่รวบรวมไว้ด้วยกันtoplanmış, derlenmiş收集成冊的зібранийایک کتاب میں اکٹھے کرناđược sưu tập收集成册的

2 composed; cool She appeared quite calm and collected.bedaardهادئ، رابِطُ الجَأْش، رَزينспокоенvyrovnanýfattetgefaßtψύχραιμος, νηφάλιοςserenotalitsetudحواس جمع؛ آرام و خونسردhillittymaître de soiרָגוּעसौम्यpribranhiggadttenangrólegur, í jafnvægisicuro落ちついた차분한susikaupęsnosvērts; savaldīgstenangbeheerstrolig, fattetskupionycontidostăpân pe sineсдержанныйvyrovnanýmiren, zbransabransamlad, lugnสงบsakin, aklı başında鎮定的спокійний; холоднокровнийحواس وغیرہ مجتمع کرناtự chủ镇定的

n colˈlection [-ʃən]

1 (an) act of collecting Your letter won't get to London tomorrow – you've missed the last collection (= of mail from a postbox) for today.versamelingجَمْع، تَجْميعсъбиранеvybírání (schránky), sbíránítømningdie Abholung, die Leerungσυγκέντρωση, παραλαβήrecogidakogumineجمع آوریpostilaatikon tyhjennys, kerääminenramassageאִסוּף @@@אִיסוּף$$$संग्रहणsabiranje, zbirkagyűjtéskumpulan(sam)söfnunlevata集めること수집surinkimassavākšanamengambilinzameling, lichting(inn)samling, avhenting, (postkasse)tømmingzbieranie, odbiórtiragemcolectareсбор; выемкаvyberanie pošty zo schránkypobiranjesakupljanjehämtning, []tömningการเก็บรวบรวมolma, alınma收集збиранняجمع کرے کا عملsự thu gom收集

2 a set of objects etc collected a stamp collection.versamelingمَجْموعَهколекцияsbírkasamlingdie Sammlungσυλλογήcolecciónkoguکلکسیونkokoelmacollectionאוֹסֶףजमा की गई कोई चीजzbirkagyűjteménykoleksisafncollezioneコレクション수집품kolekcijakolekcijapengumpulanverzamelingsamlingzbiórcolecçãocolecţieколлекцияzbierkazbirkazbirkasamlingสิ่งที่สะสมไว้koleksiyon收藏品колекціяاشیاء کا مجموعہbộ sưu tầm收藏品

adj colˈlective [-tiv]

1 of a number of people etc combined into one group This success was the result of a collective effort.gesamentlikeجَماعيобщkolektivnífælles; kollektivvereintσυλλογικόςcolectivoühine, kollektiivneمشترک؛ دسته جمعیyhteinen, kollektiivinencollectifשִיתוּפִיसामूहिकkolektivan, skupan, zajedničkiegyütteskolektifheildar-; samvinnu-collettivo集団的な집단의kolektyvinis, bendraskolektīvs; kopējsusaha samagezamenlijkkollektiv-, gruppe-, felles-zbiorowycolectivoco­lectivколлективныйkolektívnyskupenzajedničkikollektivหมู่คณะtoplu, kollektif集體的колективнийمشترکہtập thể集体的

2 of a noun, taking a singular verb but standing for many things taken as a whole `Cattle' is a collective noun.versamelwoordإسْم جَمْع، إسْم كَثْرَهсъбирателенhromadnýkollektiv; fællesnavnSammel-...περιληπτικός (γραμμ.)colectivokogunimiاسم جمعryhmäsanacollectifשֵם עֶצֶם קִיבוּצִיसमूहवाचकzbirna imenicagyűjtőnévkolektifsafnheiticollettivo集合名詞の집합의kuopiniskopības []kolektifverzamel-kollektiv, fellesnavnzbiorowycolectivocolectivсобирательныйhromadnýskupno imezbirnikollektiv[]คำนามบอกหมวดหมู่topluluk集合的збірнийمجموعیtập thể集合的

n

a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them. gemeenskapsplaas, kibboetsمَزْرَعَه تَعاوُنِيَّهколективdružstvokollektiv; kollektivfarmdas Kollektivκολεκτίβαcooperativaühismajandمزرعه یا هرگونه تشکیلات اشتراکیkollektiivi, kollektiivitilacollectifמֶשֶק שִיתוּפִיसहकारी कृषि या संगठनkolektivfarmkolektifsamyrkja, samyrkjubúcollettivo集団農場 (など)집단 농장, 공동체bendrovė, kolektyvaskolektīvsusaha samacollectiefkollektiv, samvirkespółdzielniacooperativacolectivколхозdružstvozadrugazadrugakollektivการทำนาร่วมortaklık集體事業колективمجوعہ افراد ، انجمنtập thể集体事业

adv colˈlectively

They were collectively responsible for the man's death.gesamentlikبِصورَةٍ جَماعِيَّهобщоkolektivně, společněkollektivt; fælles; samletgemeinsamσυλλογικάcolectivamentekollektiivseltمشترکاً؛ دسته جمعیkollektiivisesticollectivementבְּצוּרָה משוּתֶפֶתसामुहिक रूप सेkolektivan, skupanközösensecara kolektifsameiginlegacollettivamente集合的に집단으로bendrai, kolektyviaikolektīvi; kopīgibertanggungjawabgezamenlijkkollektivtzbiorowocolectivamentecu toţiiсообщаspoločneskupinskokolektivnokollektivtโดยส่วนรวมbirlikte, ortaklaşa集體地колективно; спільноمشترکہ طور پرchung集体地

n colˈlector

a person who collects, as a job or as a hobby a ticket-collector / stamp-collector.versamelaarجامِع الأشْياءколекционерsběratelsamlerder/die Sammler(in)συλλέκτηςcoleccionistakogujaکلکسیونرkeräilijäcollectionneur/-euseאַספָן, גוֹבֶהजमाकर्ताsabirač, sakupljač, kolekcionargyűjtőkolektorsafnaricollezionista収集家수집가rinkėjas, kolekcionierius, (bilietų) kontrolieriusiekasētājs; (biļešu) kontrolieris; kolekcionārspengumpulverzamelaar(inn)samler; oppkrever, inkassatorzbieracz, biletercoleccionadorcolecţionar, persoană care colec­ţio­nează cevaсборщик; коллекционерzberateľpobiralec, zbiraleckolekcionarsamlareนักสะสมkoleksiyoncu收藏家збирач; колекціонерجمع کرنے والاngười sưu tầm收藏家