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to collect
01
to gather together things from different places or people
Transitive: to collect sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
collect
3rd person singular
collects
Present participle
collecting
Past simple
collected
Past participle
collected
Examples
The students were instructed to collect leaves for their biology project.
02
to gather payments owed by individuals or entities
Transitive: to collect payments
Examples
The landlord hired a collection agency to collect overdue rent payments from tenants who had fallen behind.
03
to get and keep interesting or valuable items of a particular kind as a pastime
Transitive: to collect particular items
Examples
He has been collecting baseball cards since he was a child and now has an impressive collection.
04
to assemble into a unified body or gathering
Intransitive: to collect somewhere
Examples
The students collected in the auditorium for the morning assembly.
05
to gather contributions from individuals or organizations for a charitable cause or purpose
Transitive: to collect contributions
Examples
The nonprofit organization collected donations to provide food and shelter for the homeless population.
06
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
Dialect
American
American07
to go and get something that belongs to one or is ready for one
Transitive: to collect sth
Examples
You can collect your luggage over there.
08
to gradually build up or accumulate
Examples
Dust collects on the shelves if you don't clean regularly.
collect
01
payable by the recipient on delivery
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
relational
ungradable
Collect
01
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
collects
Lexical Tree
collected
collecting
collection
collect
