collect

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Synonyms: collet, collett

Antonyms: collet, collett

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

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.
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.
To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
- John Henry collects stamps.
- I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
- My friend from school has started to collects mangas and novels recently
To pick up or fetch [someone, in a vehicle]
- Can you collect me from the airport?
To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
To collect payments.
- He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
To come together in a group or mass.
- The rain collected in puddles.
To infer; to conclude.
To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
- The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.

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.

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.

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