collect
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Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English collecten, 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”).
Verb [edit]
collect (third-person singular simple present collects, present participle collecting, simple past and past participle collected)
- (transitive) To gather together; amass.
- Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
- (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.
- (transitive) To accumulate a number of similar or related (objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
- John Henry collects stamps.
- (transitive, now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 292-3:
- 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 2007, p. 292-3:
- (intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
- He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
- (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
- The rain collected in puddles.
- (intransitive) To collect objects as a hobby.
- I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
Translations [edit]
to gather together
to get from someone
to accumulate items for a hobby
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Adjective [edit]
collect (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.
Adverb [edit]
collect (not comparable)
- With payment due from the recipient.
- I had to call collect.
Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
French collecte
Noun [edit]
collect (plural collects) (sometimes capitalized)
- (Christianity) 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.
Translations [edit]
prayer said before reading of the epistle lesson
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External links [edit]
- collect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- collect in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- collect at OneLook Dictionary Search
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