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col·lect 1
(kə-lĕkt′)v. col·lect·ed, col·lect·ing, col·lects
v.tr.
1.
a. To bring together in a group or mass; gather: The teacher collected the exams.
b. To accumulate as a hobby or for study: collect old coins; collect folk tales. See Synonyms at gather.
2. To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes.
3. To be the site for (an accumulating mass), especially as a consequence of disuse or neglect: My guitar is collecting dust in the corner.
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: Sand collected in the crevices.
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.
[Middle English collecten, from Latin colligere, collēct- : com-, com- + legere, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
col·lect 2
(kŏl′ĭkt, -ĕkt′)n. Ecclesiastical
A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.
[Middle English collecte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collēcta, short for (ōrātiō ad) collēctam, (prayer at the) gathering, from Latin collēctus, gathered, past participle of colligere, to gather; see collect1.]
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collect
(kəˈlɛkt)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; pick up: collect your own post; he collected the children after school.
6. slang (sometimes foll by: on) to receive large sums of money, as from an investment: he really collected when the will was read.
7. (tr) informal Austral and NZ to collide with; be hit by
8. (Commerce) collect on delivery the US term for cash on delivery
adv, adj
(Telecommunications) US (of telephone calls) on a reverse-charge basis
n
(Gambling, except Cards) informal Austral a winning bet
[C16: from Latin collēctus collected, from colligere to gather together, from com- together + legere to gather]
collect
(ˈkɒlɛkt)n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a short Church prayer generally preceding the lesson or epistle in Communion and other services
[C13: from Medieval Latin collecta (from the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at the (people's) assembly), from Latin colligere to collect1]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
col•lect1
(kəˈlɛkt)v.t.
1. to gather together; assemble.
2. to make a collection of: to collect stamps.
3. to demand and receive payment of.
4. to regain control of (oneself or one's thoughts or emotions).
5. to call for and take with one: Did you collect your mail?
v.i. 6. to gather together; assemble.
7. to accumulate.
8. to receive payment (often fol. by on): We collected on the damage to our house.
adj., adv. 9. requiring payment by the recipient: to call collect.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin collēctus, past participle of colligere to collect =col- col-1 + -ligere to gather]
syn: See gather.
col•lect2
(ˈkɒl ɛkt)n.
any of certain brief prayers used in Western churches esp. before the epistle in the communion service.
[1150–1200; collecte < Medieval Latin ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at collection]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Collect
a meeting for worship; an assembly; a collection; a gathering.Examples: collect of money; of Tuscan hieroglyphics, 1651.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
collect
Past participle: collected
Gerund: collecting
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| Noun | 1. | collect - a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England |
| 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"run up - pile up (debts or scores) corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election" 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" 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 - 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" rake - gather with a rake; "rake leaves" 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" nut - gather nuts snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer" 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" | |
| 4. | collect - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" | |
| 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" | |
| Adj. | 1. | collect - payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" 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
gather spread, distribute, scatter, strew
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
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
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
collect 1
verb1. To bring together:
2. To bring together so as to increase in mass or number:
3. To come together:
collect 2
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
sbíratvyzvednoutsebratshromažďovatvybírat
samleafhentehente
koguma
kerätäkollehtarukouskootaperiäeturukous
pokupitisakupljati
ná ísafna; ná jafnvægi
集める･･･を迎えにいく
...을 모으다데리러 가다
bendraikolekcijakolekcionieriuskolektyvaskolektyviai
aiziet kādam pakaļkolekcionētkoncentrētieskrātsapulcēties
zbratipobratizbirati
hämtasamla
รับสะสม
đónthu thập
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
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
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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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
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
(British) (= go to get) [+ person] → aller chercher
Their mother collects them from school → Leur mère va les chercher à l'école.
Their mother collects them from school → Leur mère va les chercher à l'école.
[+ 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.
They're collecting for charity → Ils font une collecte pour une association caritative.
adv (US) to call collect → téléphoner en PCVcollect call n (US) → appel f en PCV
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
collect
1n (Eccl) → Kirchen- or Tagesgebet nt
collect
2vt
(= 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
vi
(Comm: = call for goods) → abholen
adj (US) ? collect cable, collect call
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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
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
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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
collect
(kəˈlekt) verb1. 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.
2. to call for and take away. She collects the children from school each day.
colˈlected adjective1. gathered together in one book etc. the collected poems of Robert Burns.
2. composed; cool. She appeared quite calm and collected.
colˈlection (-ʃən) noun1. (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.
2. a set of objects etc collected. a stamp collection.
colˈlective (-tiv) adjective1. of a number of people etc combined into one group. This success was the result of a collective effort.
2. of a noun, taking a singular verb but standing for many things taken as a whole. `Cattle' is a collective noun.
noun a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them.
colˈlectively adverbThey were collectively responsible for the man's death.
colˈlector noun a person who collects, as a job or as a hobby. a ticket-collector / stamp-collector.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
collect
→ يَأْخُذُ, يَجْمَعُ sebrat, vyzvednout hente, samle abholen, sammeln παίρνω, συλλέγω recoger, reunir hakea, kerätä aller chercher, rassembler pokupiti, sakupljati andare a prendere, raccogliere ･･･を迎えにいく, 集める ...을 모으다, 데리러 가다 ophalen, verzamelen hente, samle (inn) odbierać, zebrać buscar, colher, juntar, recolher забирать группу, собирать hämta รับ, สะสม almak, toplamak đón, thu thập 接走, 收集Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
collect
vt. coleccionar, recoger, juntar; acumular.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
collect
vt (blood, stool sample, etc.) recoger, recolectar (sangre, muestra de heces, etc.)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.