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21collect — verb 1) he collected the rubbish she collects Hummel figurines Syn: gather, accumulate, assemble; amass, stockpile, pile up, heap up, store (up), hoard, save; mass, accrue See note at …
22collect — ▪ I. collect col‧lect 1 [kəˈlekt] verb [transitive] 1. BANKING collect cheques to arrange for cheques to be paid: • The district banks provide a variety of services for commercial banks, including collecting and clearing cheques. 2 …
23collect — [[t]kəle̱kt[/t]] ♦♦ collects, collecting, collected 1) VERB If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people. [V n] Two young girls were collecting firewood... [V n] Elizabeth had been… …
24collect — [16] Collect comes via French collecter or medieval Latin collēctāre from collēct , the past participial stem of Latin colligere ‘gather together’, a compound verb formed from com ‘together’ and legere ‘gather’ (source also of English elect,… …
25collect — I UK [kəˈlekt] / US verb Word forms collect : present tense I/you/we/they collect he/she/it collects present participle collecting past tense collected past participle collected *** 1) [transitive] to get things and keep them together for a… …
26collect*/*/*/ — [kəˈlekt] verb 1) [T] to get things and keep them together for a particular reason A lot of families collect newspapers for recycling.[/ex] 2) [T] to get and keep objects because they are interesting or valuable I didn t know she collected modern …
27collect — I col•lect [[t]kəˈlɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to gather together; assemble 2) to make a collection of: to collect stamps[/ex] 3) to demand and receive payment of 4) to regain control of (oneself or one s thoughts or emotions) 5) to call for and take with… …
28collect — [16] Collect comes via French collecter or medieval Latin collēctāre from collēct , the past participial stem of Latin colligere ‘gather together’, a compound verb formed from com ‘together’ and legere ‘gather’ (source also of English elect,… …
29collect — collect1 [kə lɛkt] verb 1》 bring or gather together. ↘systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby. 2》 call for and take away; fetch. ↘call for and receive (something) as a right or due. 3》 (collect oneself)… …
30collect — col|lect1 [ kə lekt ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to get things and keep them together for a particular reason: A lot of families collect newspapers for recycling. a ) to get and keep objects because they are interesting or valuable: I didn t know… …
