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collect

/kəˈlɛkt/noun, verb, adjective, adverb2 syllables

Collect means: get or gather together.

Synonyms for collect29

verb, as in get or gather together

roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

verb, as in assemble or get together

gather, garner, pull together

verb, as in gather or collect

pick up, gather up, call for

verb, as in call for and obtain payment of

take in

verb, as in get or bring together

pull in

adjective, as in payable by the recipient on delivery

cod, due

also used for collect

aggregate, receive, amound, group, assume, construe, bump into, plough into, run into, secure, mass, merge, coalesce

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What does collect mean?8

verb

1

get or gather together“I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife”

2

assemble or get together“gather some stones”

3

gather or collect“You can get the results on Monday”

4

call for and obtain payment of“we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts”

5

get or bring together“accumulate evidence”

adjective

1

payable by the recipient on delivery“a collect call”

noun

1

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

adverb

1

make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays“call collect”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with collect?36

one syllable

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Show 40 near rhymes
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All 36 rhymes for collect, grouped by syllable

Collect in a sentence

  • Yanni sat down on the couch, trying to collect himself.Amastan
  • When you sell something, you need to collect the sales tax.sangelo
  • They also found hundreds of white-tentacled anemones, but they could not collect specimens.Cangarejo
  • In our city, we carefully separate and collect garbage.Aphima
  • If you collect seven four-leaf clovers, your wish will come true.Amastan
  • Pretending to be acting out of charity, they collect money for themselves.Miktsoanit
  • For the sake of children in need, we cooperated to collect donations.unknown
  • Many people collect stamps, others collect coins, we collect sentences.araneo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of collect

as a noun

plural
collects

as a verb

past tense
collected
present participle
collecting
third-person singular
collects
past participle
collected