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collect

col·lect

UK/ˈkɒlɪkt/ US/ˈkɑlɪkt/ common
verb (5) noun (1) adverb (1) adjective (1)

verb

1.

get or gather together

  • “I am accumulating evidence for the man”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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2.

call for and obtain payment of

  • “we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts”
  • “he collected the rent”
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3.

assemble or get together

  • “gather some stones”
  • “pull your thoughts together”
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4.

get or bring together

  • “accumulate evidence”
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5.

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”
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noun

1.

a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

adverb

1.

make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

  • “call collect”
  • “send a package collect”

adjective

1.

payment due by the recipient on delivery

  • “a collect call”
  • “the letter came collect”
  • “a COD parcel”
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Origin

From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”), from Latin collecta (“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”), feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere, conligere (“to gather together, collect, consider, conclude, infer”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

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