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Collect
see synonyms of collectNoun
1. collect
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
Verb
2. accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
get or gather together
Example Sentences:'I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife''She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis''She rolled up a small fortune'
3. collect, take in
call for and obtain payment of
Example Sentences:'we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts''he collected the rent'
4. collect, garner, gather, pull together
assemble or get together
Example Sentences:'gather some stones''pull your thoughts together'
6. call for, collect, gather up, pick up
gather or collect
Example Sentences:'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'
Adjective
7. cod, collect
payable by the recipient on delivery
Example Sentences:'a collect call''the letter came collect''a COD parcel'
Adverb
8. collect
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
Example Sentences:'call collect''send a package collect'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Collect
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Collect
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Collect
see synonyms of collectEcclesiastical
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