- verbcollect (verb) · collects (third person present) · collected (past tense) · collected (past participle) · collecting (present participle)
- bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread):"he went around the office collecting old coffee cups" · "he collected up all his clothing"
- come together and form a group or mass:"worshipers collected together in a stadium" · "dust and dirt collect so quickly"
- systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby:"I've started collecting stamps" · "the urge to collect, to have the full set, is in us all"
- accumulate and store over a period of time:"collect rainwater to use on the garden"
- call for and take away; fetch:"the children were collected from school"
- go somewhere and accept or receive (something), especially as a right or due:"she went to Oxford to collect her honorary degree"
- solicit and receive (donations), especially for charity:"collecting money for the war effort" · "we collected for the United Way"
- receive (money that is due); be paid:"they called to collect a debt" · "he'd come to collect"
- (collect oneself)regain control of oneself, typically after a shock:"he paused for a moment to take a breath, to collect himself"
- bring together and concentrate (one's thoughts):"she returned to her room to collect her thoughts"
- archaicconclude; infer:"by all best conjectures, I collect Thou art to be my fatal enemy"
- cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves, thereby shortening the stride and increasing balance and impulsion:"a rider should want to be able to collect a horse when hacking"
adjectiveNORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHcollect (adjective)- (of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it:"a collect call"
adverbNORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHcollect (adverb)- (with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it:"I called my mother collect"
Originlate Middle English: from Old French collecter or medieval Latin collectare, from Latin collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.nouncollect (noun) · collects (plural noun)- (in church use) a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French collecte, from Latin collecta ‘gathering’, feminine past participle of colligere ‘gather together’ (see collect).Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread):
- come together and form a group or mass:
- accumulate and store over a period of time:
- call for and take away; fetch:
- solicit and receive (donations), especially for charity:
- regain control of oneself, typically after a shock:
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