English > collect: 8 senses > verb 1, possession| Meaning | Get or gather together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | The crowds collect in the streets |
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| Synonyms | roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard |
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| Narrower | bale | make into a bale |
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| catch | take in and retain |
| collect, pull in | Get or bring together |
| corral | Collect or gather |
| fund | place or store up in a fund for accumulation |
| fund | accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability |
| lump, chunk | Put together indiscriminately |
| run up | pile up (debts or scores) |
| scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up | Gather (money or other resources) together over time |
| Broader | store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away | Keep or lay aside for future use |
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| Spanish | acumular, amasar, amontonar, apilar, coleccionar, compilar, juntar, recoger, recopilar, reunir |
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| Catalan | acumular, ajuntar, amuntegar, apilar, aplegar, arreplegar, col·leccionar, compilar, recollir, recopilar, reunir |
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| Nouns | collection, collecting | the act of gathering something together |
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English > collect: 8 senses > verb 3, contact| Meaning | Assemble or get together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | gather, garner, pull together |
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| Entailed by | collate | To assemble in proper sequence |
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| Narrower | birdnest, bird-nest | Gather birdnests |
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| clam | Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean |
| club | Gather into a club-like mass |
| hive | Gather into a hive |
| mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon | make ready for action or use |
| muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up | Gather or bring together |
| nest | Gather nests |
| nut | Gather nuts |
| oyster | Gather oysters, dig oysters |
| pearl | Gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean |
| pick, pluck, cull | look for and gather |
| pile up, heap up, stack up | Arrange into piles or stacks |
| rake | Gather with a rake |
| reap, harvest, glean | Gather, as of natural products |
| round up | seek out and bring together |
| salvage, scavenge | Collect discarded or refused material |
| shock | Collect or gather into shocks |
| snail | Gather snails |
| sponge | Gather sponges, in the ocean |
| Opposite | spread, distribute | Distribute or disperse widely |
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| Spanish | colectar, congregar, ensamblar, juntar, ordenar, recoger, recolectar, recopilar, reunir |
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| Catalan | ajuntar, aplegar, arreplegar, collir, congregar, recol·lectar, recollir, recopilar, reunir |
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| Participle | collected | brought together in one place |
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| uncollected | not brought together in one place |
| Nouns | collection, collecting | the act of gathering something together |
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