collecting

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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col·lect ²  (klkt, -kt)

n. Ecclesiastical

A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.

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[Middle English collecte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collcta, short for (rti ad) collctam, (prayer at the) gathering, from Latin collctus, gathered, past participle of colligere, to gather; see collect¹.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

collecting - the act of gathering something together assembling, aggregation, collection grouping - the activity of putting things together in groups agglomeration - the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating collation - assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence compiling, compilation - the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" gather, gathering - the act of gathering something bottle collection - the activity of collecting bottles; "bottle collection is a hobby of hers" conchology, shell collecting - the collection and study of mollusc shells coin collecting, numismatics, numismatology, coin collection - the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) pickup - the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection - the collection and study of postage stamps tax collection - the collection of taxes

Translations

collecting [kəˈlektɪŋ]

A. N → coleccionismo m, el coleccionar

B. CPD collecting box, collecting tin N → bote m de cuestación, lata f petitoria

collecting [kəˈlɛktɪŋ] n [stamps, antiques] → collection f
collecting box n (British) → caisse f
collecting tin n (British) → caisse f