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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "collect"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gather together things from different places or people
Transitive: to collect sth
to collect definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher asked the students to collect data for their science project.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gather payments owed by individuals or entities
Transitive: to collect payments
to collect definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The utility company sent representatives to collect utility bills from residents in the neighborhood.
āχāωāϟāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āχāωāϟāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to get and keep interesting or valuable items of a particular kind as a pastime
Transitive: to collect particular items
to collect definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
John collects rare stamps from around the world.
āϜāύ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assemble into a unified body or gathering
Intransitive: to collect somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Protesters collected in the town square to voice their concerns about environmental policies.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧋āĻ­āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gather contributions from individuals or organizations for a charitable cause or purpose
Transitive: to collect contributions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Volunteers collected funds outside the grocery store for disaster relief efforts following the hurricane.
āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ

make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to go and get something that belongs to one or is ready for one
Transitive: to collect sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She went to collect her package from the mailroom.
āϏ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϞāϰ⧁āĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāϪ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāϪ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ

payable by the recipient on delivery
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž

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

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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