collect
Use Collect in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to gather together; assemble: The professor collected the students' exams.
2.
to accumulate; make a collection of: to collect stamps.
3.
to receive or compel payment of: to collect a bill.
4.
to regain control of (oneself or one's thoughts, faculties, composure, or the like): At the news of her promotion, she took a few minutes to collect herself.
5.
to call for and take with one: He drove off to collect his guests. They collected their mail.
verb (used without object)
8.
to gather together; assemble: The students collected in the assembly hall.
9.
to accumulate: Rain water collected in the barrel.
10.
to receive payment (often followed by on ): He collected on the damage to his house.
11.
to gather or bring together books, stamps, coins, etc., usually as a hobby: He's been collecting for years.
12.
Manège. (of a horse) to come into a collected attitude.
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adjective, adverb
13.
requiring payment by the recipient: a collect telephone call; a telegram sent collect.
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ɛkt noun
any of certain brief prayers used in Western churches especially before the epistle in the communion service.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English collecte < Medieval Latin, short for ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at collection (see collect1)
1150–1200; Middle English collecte < Medieval Latin, short for ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at collection (see collect1)
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collect1 (kəˈlɛkt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (sometimes foll by on) | |
| 1. | to gather together or be gathered together |
| 2. | to accumulate (stamps, books, etc) as a hobby or for study |
| 3. | (tr) to call for or receive payment of (taxes, dues, etc) |
| 4. | (tr) to regain control of (oneself, one's emotions, etc) as after a shock or surprise: he collected his wits |
| 5. | (tr) to fetch; pick up: collect your own post; he collected the children after school |
| 6. | slang to receive large sums of money, as from an investment: he really collected when the will was read |
| 7. | informal (Austral), (NZ) (tr) to collide with; be hit by |
| 8. | collect on delivery the US term for cash on delivery |
| —adv, —adj | |
| 9. | (US) (of telephone calls) on a reverse-charge basis |
| —n | |
| 10. | informal (Austral) a winning bet |
| [C16: from Latin collēctus collected, from colligere to gather together, from com- together + legere to gather] | |
| collect2 (ˈkɒlɛkt) | |
| —n | |
| Christianity a short Church prayer generally preceding the lesson or epistle in Communion and other services | |
| [C13: from Medieval Latin collecta (from the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at the (people's) assembly), from Latin colligere to | |
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Word Origin & History
collect
1573 (trans.), from O.Fr. collecter (1371), from L. collectus, pp. of colligere "gather together," from com- "together" + legere "to gather." The intrans. sense is attested from 1794. As an adj. meaning "paid by the recipient" it is attested from 1893, originally with ref. to telegrams.
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Example sentences
The better you dance, the more money you'll collect from your patrons.
Anybody could run wires to a few hundred houses, beam programmes and collect money.
Then it confirms the time they selected and asks them for any additional information you want to collect.
When the government is unable to collect on those loans, taxpayers are on the hook for the losses.
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