collect
Meaning
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- To gather together; amass.
- To get; particularly, get from someone.
- To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
- To pick up or fetch
- To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
- To collect payments.
- To come together in a group or mass.
- To infer; to conclude.
- To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
Synonyms
gather together
heap together
raise funds
gather in
save little by little
put in order
search for
take along
bear away
demand payment
gather around
join together
meet together
reverse-charge
rig up
be paid
gather something
bring to a conclusion
Hakea
combine into a group
come together to
gather into a group
pick up fragment by fragment
reverse charges
upgather
gethered together
associate with
beat about
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈlɛkt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English collecten, a borrowing 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”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).
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