collect

Study(22)

/kəˈlɛkt/

verb 5adj 1adv 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, different, hobby, many, old, rain-water, silver, special

My grandfather loves to collect old coins from around the world.

VERB + COLLECT

call, cooperated, experiment, following, leaves, make, take

We went out to collect leaves for the art project.

COLLECT + NOUN

anything, art, basis, butterflies, data, delivery, dolls, donations

She spent her childhood collecting butterflies and pressing them carefully into albums.

PREP.

about, from, in, on

She collects old coins from antique shops around the city.

ADV.

then

The children then collected all their toys from the living room floor.

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.

The EPA collects emissions data from more than 20,000 industrial facilities across the country and has even developed its own state-of-the-art tool — the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators model — to estimate the impact of toxic emissions on human health.

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.

To pick up or fetch

Can you collect me from the airport?

To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

[…] which consequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.

From the latter passages we may collect, that the expression "he that cometh" was, with the Jews, a kind of title distinguishing the Messiah

adj

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.

adv

With payment due from the recipient.

I had to call collect.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — assemble or get together

verb — get or gather together

adjective — payable by the recipient on delivery

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

collect dust

To remain untouched and unused for a long period of time.

The trophies on his wall reminding him of his heyday are now just collecting dust.

collect one's thoughts

To become mentally composed, especially after being distressed, surprised, or disoriented; to become calm or organized in one's emotional state or thinking, as in preparation for a conversation, speech, decision, etc.

I got up feverish and nervous. I walked out before breakfast, striving to collect my thoughts and tranquilize my feelings.

Example Bank

Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.

Wiktionary

The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.

Wiktionary

Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and eff

Wiktionary

It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.

Wiktionary

I had to call collect.

Wiktionary

He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, collect is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

Your note

not saved

0 chars