collect
/kʌlˈɛkt/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
Adverb
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"
Noun
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
Verb
get or gather together; "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"
Verb
call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
Verb
assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
Verb
get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
Verb
gather or collect; "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"
Synonyms
accumulate
amass
call for
cod
compile
garner
gather
gather up
hoard
pick up
pile up
pull in
pull together
roll up
take in
More General Terms
accumulate
acquire
amass
collect
compile
get
hive away
hoard
lay in
orison
petition
pile up
prayer
put in
roll up
salt away
stack away
stash away
store
take
More Specific Terms
archive
bale
beat up
birdnest
bird-nest
catch
chunk
clam
club
collect
come up
corral
cull
drum up
farm
file away
fund
glean
harvest
heap up
hive
lump
marshal
mobilise
mobilize
muster
muster up
nest
nut
oyster
pearl
pick
pile up
pluck
pull in
raise
rake
rally
reap
round up
run up
salvage
scavenge
scrape
scrape up
scratch
shock
snail
sponge
stack up
summon