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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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.]

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collect¹

vb

1. to gather together or be gathered together

2. to accumulate (stamps, books, etc.) as a hobby or for study

3. (tr) to call for or receive payment of (taxes, dues, etc.)

4. (tr) to regain control of (oneself, one's emotions, etc.) as after a shock or surprise he collected his wits

5. (tr) to fetch collect your own post

6. (intr; sometimes foll by on) Slang to receive large sums of money, as from an investment he really collected when the will was read

7. (tr) Austral and NZ informal to collide with; be hit by

(Business / Commerce)

collect on delivery the US term for cash on delivery

adv & adj

(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) US (of telephone calls) on a reverse-charge basis

n

(Group Games / Gambling, except Cards) Austral informal a winning bet

[from Latin collēctus collected, from colligere to gather together, from com- together + legere to gather]

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collect²

n

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a short Church prayer generally preceding the lesson or epistle in Communion and other services

[from Medieval Latin collecta (from the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at the (people's) assembly), from Latin colligere to collect¹]

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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 Two young girls were collecting firewood.
gather spread, distribute, scatter, strew

2. fetch, get, meet, pick up I collected her at the station.

3. raise, secure, gather, obtain, acquire, muster, solicit They collected donations for a fund to help the earthquake victims.

4. assemble, meet, rally, cluster, come together, convene, converge, congregate, flock together, foregather A crowd collected outside.
assemble scatter, disperse

collect yourself recover, pull yourself together, get or take a hold of yourself, regain your composure She paused for a moment to collect herself

Translations

collect [kəˈlekt]

A. VT

1. (= assemble) → reunir, juntar; [+ facts, documents] → recopilar, reunir; (= collect in) → recoger
the teacher collected the exercise books → el maestro recogió los cuadernos
to collect o.s. or one's thoughts (fig) → reponerse, recobrar el dominio de uno mismo

2. (as hobby) [+ stamps, valuables] → coleccionar

3. (= call for, pick up) [+ person] → recoger, pasar por(LAm); [+ post, rubbish] → recoger; [+ books] → coger, recoger; [+ subscriptions, rent] → cobrar; [+ taxes] → recaudar; [+ ticket] → recoger
I'll collect you at eight → vengo a recogerte a las ocho
their mother collects them from school → su madre los recoge del colegio, su madre los pasa a buscar por el colegio
I'll go and collect the mail → voy por el correo

4. (= gather) [+ dust, water] → acumular, retener

B. VI

1. (= gather) [people] → reunirse, congregarse; [water] → estancarse; [dust] → acumularse

2. (= collect money) → hacer una colecta
I'm collecting for UNICEF → estoy haciendo una colecta para la UNICEF
to collect for charity → recaudar or recolectar fondos con fines benéficos

3. (= pick up) collect on delivery (US) → contra reembolso

C. ADV to call collect (US) (Telec) → llamar a cobro revertido

D. CPD collect call N (US) → llamada f a cobro revertido

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collect [kəˈlɛkt]

vt

(= accumulate) [+ information, evidence] → rassembler

(= gather up, pick up) → ramasser
The teacher collected the exercise books → Le professeur a ramassé les cahiers.
They collect the rubbish twice a week → Ils ramassent les ordures deux fois par semaine.
to collect eggs → ramasser des œufs

[+ prize] → recevoir

(as a hobby) → collectionner
I collect stamps → Je collectionne les timbres.

(British) (= go to get) [+ person] → aller chercher
Their mother collects them from school → Leur mère va les chercher à l'école.

[postman] [+ mail] → faire la levée de, ramasser
to be collected [mail] → être ramassé(e)

[+ debts] [company, debt-collector] → recouvrer; [+ taxes] → percevoir

[+ donations, subscriptions] → recueillir; [+ tokens, signatures] → recueillir

to collect one's thoughts, to collect o.s. → réfléchir

vi

[people] → se rassembler

[dust, dirt] → s'amasser

(= make a collection) → faire une collecte
They're collecting for charity → Ils font une collecte pour une association caritative.

(US) collect on delivery → payable à la livraison, paiement à la livraison

adv (US) to call collect → téléphoner en PCV
collect call n (US) → appel f en PCV

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collect¹

n (Eccl) → Kirchen- or Tagesgebet nt

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collect²

vt

(= accumulate) → ansammeln; (furniture) dust → anziehen; empty glasses, exam papers, tickets etc → einsammeln; litter → aufsammeln; prize → bekommen; belongings → zusammenpacken or -sammeln; (= assemble) → sammeln; one’s thoughts → sammeln, ordnen; information → sammeln, zusammentragen; she collected a lot of praise/five points for that → das hat ihr viel Lob/fünf Punkte eingebracht or eingetragen; to collect interest → Zinsen bringen

(= pick up, fetch) things, persons → abholen (from bei)

stamps, coins → sammeln

taxes → einziehen; money, jumble for charity → sammeln; rent, fares → kassieren; debts → eintreiben

vi

(= gather) → sich ansammeln; (dust) → sich absetzen

(= collect money) → kassieren; (for charity) → sammeln

(Comm: = call for goods) → abholen

adj (US) ? collect cable, collect call

adv (US) to pay collect → bei Empfang bezahlen; to call collect → ein R-Gespräch führen; to pay collect on delivery → bei Lieferung bezahlen; (through post) → per Nachnahme bezahlen

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collect [kəˈlɛkt]

1. vt

a. (gen) → raccogliere; (as hobby, stamps, valuables) → fare collezione di, collezionare
to collect o.s. → riprendersi
to collect one's thoughts → raccogliere le idee

b. (Brit) (call for, pick up, person) → andare or passare a prendere; (post, ticket) → ritirare; (pension, rent, taxes) → riscuotere; (donations, subscriptions) → fare una colletta di; (rubbish) → portare via, raccogliere; (dust) → accumulare

2. vi (people) → riunirsi, adunarsi, radunarsi; (water, dust) → accumularsi; (rubbish) → ammucchiarsi, accumularsi
to collect for charity → fare una raccolta di beneficenza
collect on delivery (Am) (Comm) → pagamento alla consegna

3. adv (Am) to call collect (Telec) → fare una chiamata a carico del destinatario

collect up vt + adv → raccogliere

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collect [kəˈlɛkt]

1. vt

a. (gen) → raccogliere; (as hobby, stamps, valuables) → fare collezione di, collezionare
to collect o.s. → riprendersi
to collect one's thoughts → raccogliere le idee

b. (Brit) (call for, pick up, person) → andare or passare a prendere; (post, ticket) → ritirare; (pension, rent, taxes) → riscuotere; (donations, subscriptions) → fare una colletta di; (rubbish) → portare via, raccogliere; (dust) → accumulare

2. vi (people) → riunirsi, adunarsi, radunarsi; (water, dust) → accumularsi; (rubbish) → ammucchiarsi, accumularsi
to collect for charity → fare una raccolta di beneficenza
collect on delivery (Am) (Comm) → pagamento alla consegna

3. adv (Am) to call collect (Telec) → fare una chiamata a carico del destinatario

collect up vt + adv → raccogliere

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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, versamel يَجْمَع، يَتَجَمّع събирам shromažďovat (se), sbírat samle sammeln συγκεντρώνω, συγκεντρώνομαι, συλλέγω reunir, recopilar koguma, kogunema جمع کردن؛ جمع شدن kerääntyä, kerätä (se) rassembler לֶאֱסוֹף संग्रहीत करना sabirati (össze)gyűjt mengumpulkan safna; ná jafnvægi riunirsi 集める 모으다, 모이다 rinkti(s), sukaupti vākt; krāt; kolekcionēt; koncentrēties; sapulcēties mengumpul (zich) verzamelen samle(s); samle seg zbierać reunir a (se) strânge; a (se) aduna собирать(ся) zbierať zbrati (se) sakupiti samla[] สะสม toplamak, biriktirmek 收集 збирати(ся) اکٹھے کرنا یا ہونا tụ tập; sưu tập 收集

2 to call for and take away She collects the children from school each day. afhaal يَأخُذ، يَجْلِب взимам vyzvednout afhente abholen πηγαίνω και παίρνω recoger ära tooma رفتن و با خود بردن noutaa aller chercher לֶאֱסוֹף ले जाना doći po érte megy menjemput ná í andare a prendere 連れに行く 마중 가다 užeiti ko nors paimti aiziet kādam pakaļ mengambil ophalen hente odbierać buscar a lua забирать zastaviť sa (po) iti po kaj pokupiti hämta พามา gidip almak 接走 забирати, заходити (за) لے کر جانا đón 接走

adj colˈlected

1 gathered together in one book etc the collected poems of Robert Burns. versameling مَجموع، مَجْموعَه събрани sebraný samlet gesammelt άπαντα, που δημιουργούν συλλογή completo kogutud گردآوری شده koottu recueil (de) אָסוּפָה एकत्रित करना sakupljen, sabran összegyűjtött mengumpulkan samansafnaður raccolto 集めた 모은 rinktinis kopoti raksti terkumpul verzameld samlet zebrany reunido cules, adunat собранный zobraný zbran sabran samlad ที่รวบรวมไว้ด้วยกัน toplanmış, derlenmiş 收集成冊的 зібраний ایک کتاب میں اکٹھے کرنا được sưu tập 收集成册的

2 composed; cool She appeared quite calm and collected. bedaard هادئ، رابِطُ الجَأْش، رَزين спокоен vyrovnaný fattet gefaßt ψύχραιμος, νηφάλιος sereno talitsetud حواس جمع؛ آرام و خونسرد hillitty maître de soi רָגוּע सौम्य pribran higgadt tenang rólegur, í jafnvægi sicuro 落ちついた (태도 등이) 침착한 susikaupęs nosvērts; savaldīgs tenang beheerst rolig, fattet skupiony contido stăpân pe sine сдержанный vyrovnaný miren, zbran sabran samlad, lugn สงบ sakin, aklı başında 鎮定的 спокійний; холоднокровний حواس وغیرہ مجتمع کرنا tự 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. versameling جَمْع، تَجْميع събиране vybírání (schránky), sbírání tømning die Abholung, die Leerung συγκέντρωση, παραλαβή recogida kogumine جمع آوری postilaatikon tyhjennys, kerääminen ramassage אִסוּף @@@אִיסוּף$$$ संग्रहण sabiranje, zbirka gyűjtés kumpulan (sam)söfnun levata 集めること 수집 surinkimas savākšana mengambil inzameling, lichting (inn)samling, avhenting, (postkasse)tømming zbieranie, odbiór tiragem colectare сбор; выемка vyberanie pošty zo schránky pobiranje sakupljanje hämtning, []tömning การเก็บรวบรวม olma, alınma 收集 збирання جمع کرے کا عمل sự thu gom 收集

2 a set of objects etc collected a stamp collection. versameling مَجْموعَه колекция sbírka samling die Sammlung συλλογή colección kogu کلکسیون kokoelma collection אוֹסֶף जमा की गई कोई चीज zbirka gyűjtemény koleksi safn collezione コレクション 수집물 kolekcija kolekcija pengumpulan verzameling samling zbiór colecção colecţie коллекция zbierka zbirka zbirka samling สิ่งที่สะสมไว้ koleksiyon 收藏品 колекція اشیاء کا مجموعہ bộ 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. gesamentlike جَماعي общ kolektivní fælles; kollektiv vereint συλλογικός colectivo ühine, kollektiivne مشترک؛ دسته جمعی yhteinen, kollektiivinen collectif שִיתוּפִי सामूहिक kolektivan, skupan, zajednički együttes kolektif heildar-; samvinnu- collettivo 集団的な 집단적인 kolektyvinis, bendras kolektīvs; kopējs usaha sama gezamenlijk kollektiv-, gruppe-, felles- zbiorowy colectivo co­lectiv коллективный kolektívny skupen zajednički kollektiv หมู่คณะ toplu, kollektif 集體的 колективний مشترکہ tập 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. versamelwoord إسْم جَمْع، إسْم كَثْرَه събирателен hromadný kollektiv; fællesnavn Sammel-... περιληπτικός (γραμμ.) colectivo kogunimi اسم جمع ryhmäsana collectif שֵם עֶצֶם קִיבוּצִי समूहवाचक zbirna imenica gyűjtőnév kolektif safnheiti collettivo 集合名詞の 집합의 kuopinis kopības [] kolektif verzamel- kollektiv, fellesnavn zbiorowy colectivo colectiv собирательный hromadný skupno ime zbirni kollektiv[] คำนามบอกหมวดหมู่ topluluk 集合的 збірний مجموعی tập thể 集合的

n

a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them. gemeenskapsplaas, kibboets مَزْرَعَه تَعاوُنِيَّه колектив družstvo kollektiv; kollektivfarm das Kollektiv κολεκτίβα cooperativa ühismajand مزرعه یا هرگونه تشکیلات اشتراکی kollektiivi, kollektiivitila collectif מֶשֶק שִיתוּפִי सहकारी कृषि या संगठन kolektiv farm kolektif samyrkja, samyrkjubú collettivo 集団農場 (など) 공동체, 집단농장 bendrovė, kolektyvas kolektīvs usaha sama collectief kollektiv, samvirke spółdzielnia cooperativa colectiv колхоз družstvo zadruga zadruga kollektiv การทำนาร่วม ortaklık (前蘇聯)集體農場，集體事業 колектив مجوعہ افراد ، انجمن tập thể 集体事业

adv colˈlectively

They were collectively responsible for the man's death. gesamentlik بِصورَةٍ جَماعِيَّه общо kolektivně, společně kollektivt; fælles; samlet gemeinsam συλλογικά colectivamente kollektiivselt مشترکاً؛ دسته جمعی kollektiivisesti collectivement בְּצוּרָה משוּתֶפֶת सामुहिक रूप से kolektivan, skupan közösen secara kolektif sameiginlega collettivamente 集合的に 집단적으로 bendrai, kolektyviai kolektīvi; kopīgi bertanggungjawab gezamenlijk kollektivt zbiorowo colectivamente cu toţii сообща spoločne skupinsko kolektivno kollektivt โดยส่วนรวม birlikte, ortaklaşa 集體地 колективно; спільно مشترکہ طور پر chung 集体地

n colˈlector

a person who collects, as a job or as a hobby a ticket-collector / stamp-collector. versamelaar جامِع الأشْياء колекционер sběratel samler der/die Sammler(in) συλλέκτης coleccionista koguja کلکسیونر keräilijä collectionneur/-euse אַספָן, גוֹבֶה जमाकर्ता sabirač, sakupljač, kolekcionar gyűjtő kolektor safnari collezionista 収集家 수집가 rinkėjas, kolekcionierius, (bilietų) kontrolierius iekasētājs; (biļešu) kontrolieris; kolekcionārs pengumpul verzamelaar (inn)samler; oppkrever, inkassator zbieracz, bileter coleccionador colecţionar, persoană care colec­ţio­nează ceva сборщик; коллекционер zberateľ pobiralec, zbiralec kolekcionar samlare นักสะสม koleksiyoncu 收藏家 збирач; колекціонер جمع کرنے والا người sưu tầm 收藏家

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collect → يَلُم sebrat samle sammeln συλλέγω recoger kerätä rassembler sakupljati raccogliere 集める ...을 모으다 verzamelen samle (inn) zebrać coletar, juntar собирать hämta สะสม toplamak thu thập 收集