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collect en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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.
Translations (3)
fi vastaanottajan maksama (paid for by the recipient) · pt a cobrar (paid for by the recipient) · fi vasta- (as in vastapuhelu) (paid for by the recipient)
collect en · ADV · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) With payment due from the recipient.
Deriveds
collect oneself · collect on delivery · recollection · collection · overcollect · collecting duct · click and collect · undercollect · collect like infinity stones · collect up · collectable · call and collect · miscollect · collect one's wits · precollect · collecting society · light-collecting power · collectible · skull-collecting ant · collect call · collect-'em-up · noncollecting · call collect · collectathon · recollect · collector · collect skin · collect one's thoughts · collect dust · collectomania
collect en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To gather together; amass.
At first, I swept the lowest-growing plants, collecting a variety of mostly chrysomelids and curculionids and even one Agrilus sp., before moving to beating along the sunny edges of the patches of taller shrubs and collecting similar species (but no Agrilus sp.).
2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
The Missouri Botanical Garden is one of three institutions collecting tropical plants for the National Cancer Institute in hopes of finding new drugs for treatment.
1990 August, Boyd Gibbons, “Missouri's Garden of Consequence”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 131:The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.
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 effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
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(transitive) 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.
2021 November 2, Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, “Poison in the Air”, in ProPublica:
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(transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
Over the course of 60 years, W E Hayward collected thousands of railway-related objects, including clothing, buttons, cutlery, timetables, tickets, name, number and builder's plates, books and booklets, cuttings and extracts from publications, letters, photographs and postcards.
2020 June 17, Stefanie Foster, “A window into the railways of the past”, in Rail, page 54:John Henry collects stamps.
My friend from school has started to collects mangas and novels recently
I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
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(transitive) To pick up or fetch
Can you collect me from the airport?
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(archaic, transitive) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
From the latter passages we may collect, that the expression "he that cometh" was, with the Jews, a kind of title distinguishing the Messiah
c 1725, John Walker, William Burton (of Bloomsbury), Essays and correspondence, chiefly on Scriptural subjects:[…] which consequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.
1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Chapter XVII, section 20:the riot is so great that it is very difficult to collect what is being said.
1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, pages 292–3:'I collect,' said Miss Crawford, 'that Sotherton is an old place, and a place of some grandeur. In any particular style of building?'
1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:
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(intransitive, qualifier:often with on or against) To collect payments.
He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
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(intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
The rain collected in puddles.
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(transitive) To infer; to conclude.
Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
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(of a vehicle or driver, transitive) 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.
Forms
Hyponyms
garbage collect
Synonyms
merge · aggregate (to gather together) · assume (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · amound (to accumulate items for a hobby) · group (to come together in a group or mass) · gather · plough into (to collide with) · receive (to get from someone) · gather up · construe (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · bump into (to collide with) · secure · coalesce · mass · run into (to collide with)
Translations (241)
pl zbierać (to gather together) · fr collectionner (to accumulate items for a hobby) · fr rassembler (to gather together) · el συγκεντρώνω (to gather together) · mk собира (to gather together) · fi kasata (to gather together) · fa جمعیدن (to come together in a group or mass) · cs shromažďovat (to gather together) · mk собере (to gather together) · pl gromadzić (to gather together) · oc recampar (to gather together) · hu begyűjt (to gather together) · cmn 收集 (to gather together) · da samle (to gather together) · got 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (to gather together) · cy crugo (to gather together) · fi kerääntyä (to come together in a group or mass) · hu következtet (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · hi उगाहना (to collect payments) · bg колекционирам (to accumulate items for a hobby) · de folgern (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · rup culeg (to gather together) · vi sưu tầm (to accumulate items for a hobby) · hu behajt (to collect payments) · acw جَمَع (to gather together) · hu gyűjt (to accumulate items for a hobby) · hu összegyűjt (to gather together) · fi periä (to get from someone) · vi thu thập (to gather together) · es coleccionar (to accumulate items for a hobby) · la cōnficiō (to gather together) · is safna (to accumulate items for a hobby) · grc ἀθροίζω (to gather together) · bg събера́ (to gather together) · cy cywain (to gather together) · ru взима́ть (to get from someone) · pt reunir (to gather together) · lv lasīt (to gather together) · ckb کۆکردن (to gather together) · de einziehen (to get from someone) · uk збира́ти (to gather together) · la condūcō (to gather together) · fa جمع کردن (to gather together) · pt colecionar (to accumulate items for a hobby) · ro culege (to gather together) · ca recollir (to gather together) · be збіра́ць (to gather together) · eo amasigi (to gather together) · ckb کۆکردن (to accumulate items for a hobby) · fi päätellä (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · fr récupérer (to get from someone) · ru инкасси́ровать (to get from someone) · it raccogliere (to accumulate items for a hobby) · ht rasanble (to gather together) · hy միանալ (to gather together) · ja 収集する (to gather together) · th สะสม (to gather together) · de schlussfolgern (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · pl kolekcjonować (to accumulate items for a hobby) · ba йыйылыу (to come together in a group or mass) · ca aplegar (to gather together) · eo kolekti (to gather together) · ml ശേഖരിയ്ക്കുക (to gather together) · cs sbírat (to accumulate items for a hobby) · mi kohi (to gather together) · es colegir (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · la colligō (to gather together) · es recabar (to gather together) · nl opmaken (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · mi kohokohi (to gather together) · es recaudar (to get from someone) · ga tiomsaigh (to gather together) · bo བསྒྲུགས་ (to gather together) · fi kerätä (to get from someone) · hu érte megy (to get from someone) · hu gyűjt (to gather together) · ca ajuntar (to gather together) · ca replegar (to gather together) · lv kolekcionēt (to accumulate items for a hobby) · de anhäufen (to accumulate items for a hobby) · ca agrupar (to gather together) · ar جَمَعَ (to gather together) · sh окупити (to gather together) · sl zbirati (to gather together) · ca arreplegar (to gather together) · lv vākt (to gather together) · acw جَمَّع (to gather together) · de einsammeln (to get from someone) · km ប្រមូល (to gather together) · fr percevoir (to get from someone) · ru коллекциони́ровать (to accumulate items for a hobby) · lo ເກັບ (to gather together) · rm cleger (to gather together) · de ableiten (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · cmn 庋藏 (to gather together) · hu elhoz (to get from someone) · hu behajt (to get from someone) · sv samla (to gather together) · de sammeln (to come together in a group or mass) · bar sammen (to gather together) · ht ranmase (to gather together) · de aufsammeln (to gather together) · es colectar (to get from someone) · ja 集める (to gather together) · vi gom góp (to gather together) · hi इकट्ठा करना (to gather together) · ka შეკრება (to gather together) · ru собира́ть (to gather together) · es recabdar (to get from someone) · ga cnuasaigh (to gather together) · as তোলা (to gather together) · hu összeszed (to gather together) · is safna saman (to gather together) · pt levantar (to get from someone) · hu beszed (to collect payments) · bg натрупвам (to gather together) · cmn 收藏 (to gather together) · de sammeln (to accumulate items for a hobby) · sh окупљати (to gather together) · sk zebrať (to gather together) · th เก็บ (to gather together) · sh sakupljati (to accumulate items for a hobby) · sk zbierať (to gather together) · fi koota (to gather together) · nl concluderen (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · he אסף (to gather together) · et koguma (to gather together) · nl opstapelen (to gather together) · it collezionare (to accumulate items for a hobby) · zza xemılyayen (to gather together) · fi keräillä (to accumulate items for a hobby) · tr toplamak (to gather together) · fr recueillir (to get from someone) · bar zamsuacha (to gather together) · km ប្រមូល (to accumulate items for a hobby) · bg инкасирам (to get from someone) · ru собра́ть (to gather together) · sh sabrati (to get from someone) · vo konletön (to accumulate items for a hobby) · pl zebrać (to gather together) · hu szed (to collect payments) · nl verzamelen (to gather together) · sl zbirati (to accumulate items for a hobby) · pl zbierać (to accumulate items for a hobby) · vi thu (to get from someone) · mi kohikohi (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · oc reculhir (to gather together) · sv inkassera (to collect payments) · ca col·leccionar (to accumulate items for a hobby) · is safna (to gather together) · la congregō (to gather together) · fi kerätä (to accumulate items for a hobby) · it raccogliere (to gather together) · th รวบรวม (to gather together) · cs sbírat (to gather together) · alt јуур (to gather together) · sv samla (to accumulate items for a hobby) · uk зібра́ти (to gather together) · is innheimta (to get from someone) · tr katılmak (to gather together) · cs sebrat (to gather together) · uk колекціонува́ти (to accumulate items for a hobby) · lt rinkti (to gather together) · it raccogliere (to get from someone) · pt recolher (to get from someone) · vi sưu tập (to accumulate items for a hobby) · cs vybírat (to get from someone) · sh прибрати (to gather together) · sl pobrati (to get from someone) · be сабра́ць (to gather together) · de sammeln (to gather together) · ga bailigh (to gather together) · es recolectar (to get from someone) · kea djunta (to gather together) · es recolectar (to gather together) · rm cler (to gather together) · txb kraup- (to gather together) · gd trus (to gather together) · mi kohi (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) · hu beszed (to get from someone) · es recabar (to get from someone) · la cōnstruō (to gather together) · ca reunir (to gather together) · pt recolher (to gather together) · da samle (to accumulate items for a hobby) · la legō (to gather together) · sh okupiti (to gather together) · hu átvesz (to get from someone) · ba йыйыу (to accumulate items for a hobby) · la cōnferō (to gather together) · sq bashkohen (to gather together) · bg съби́рам (to gather together) · it bottinare (to gather together) · pl zgromadzić (to gather together) · es recoger (to gather together) · la congerō (to gather together) · da rykke (to collect payments) · da indkræve (to get from someone) · hu begyűjt (to get from someone) · oc amassar (to gather together) · oc culhir (to gather together) · pt coletar (to get from someone) · sv samla in (to get from someone) · sh pribrati (to gather together) · de einsammeln (to gather together) · fr recueillir (to gather together) · yi פֿאַרזאַמלען (to gather together) · fi kerätä (to gather together) · ga cruinnigh (to gather together) · csm mutá·-j- (to gather together) · he גבה (to get from someone) · fi kerätä maksut (to collect payments) · es juntar (to gather together) · sl zbrati (to gather together) · es colectar (to collect payments) · gl arrexuntar (to gather together) · pl odbierać (to get from someone) · sq mbledh (to gather together) · rm culeir (to gather together) · pt juntar (to gather together) · sh zbirati (to get from someone) · ko 수집하다 (to gather together) · fur racuei (to gather together) · hu beszed (to gather together) · rm anculir (to gather together) · cs shromáždit (to gather together) · yi זאַמלען (to gather together) · cy casglu (to gather together) · vi lấy (to get from someone) · ml ശേഖരിയ്ക്കുക (to accumulate items for a hobby) · hu összegyűlik (to come together in a group or mass) · fa جمعادن (to come together in a group or mass) · pl ściągać (to get from someone) · ba йыйыу (to gather together) · sh okupljati (to gather together) · as গোটোৱা (to gather together) · hy հավաքել (to gather together) · fa فراهمیدن (to gather together) · ota طورلامق (to gather together) · he אסף (to accumulate items for a hobby) · hi शामिल होने (to gather together)
collect en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɒlɪkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɑlɪkt/ (General-American)
- /ˈkɒlɛkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɑlɛkt/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English collecte, from Ecclesiastical Latin collēcta (“assembly; collect”), originally designating the gathering at the beginning of a liturgical celebration.
Meanings
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(capitalized, sometimes) 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.
Forms
Translations (14)
ru коллекта (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · fi kollehtarukous (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · pl kolekta (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · sv samlingsbön (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · sv kollektbön (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · eo resumpreĝo (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · la collecta (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · de Oration (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · is kollekta (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · pt coleta (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · es colecta (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · fr collecte (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · fi eturukous (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson) · ru краткая моли́тва (prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson)