collect
//kəˈlɛkt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- collect
- past (v2)
- collected
- past participle (v3)
- collected
- present participle
- collecting
- 3rd person singular
- collects
- Plural
- collects
Definitions
1.To gather together; amass.
- Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
- The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.
2.To get; particularly, get from someone.
- A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
3.To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
- I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
4.To pick up or fetch
- Can you collect me from the airport?
1.To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
- It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.
1.With payment due from the recipient.
- I had to call collect.
1.The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
- He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1432
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter
From Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”)