collect (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

English 8 senses of the word *collect*:
VERB	possession	collect, roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard	get or gather together
possession	collect, take in	call for and obtain payment of
contact	collect, gather, garner, pull together	assemble or get together
contact	collect, pull in	get or bring together
possession	collect, pick up, gather up, call for	gather or collect
ADVERB	all	collect	make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
ADJECTIVE	all	collect, cod	payable by the recipient on delivery
NOUN	communication	collect	a short / short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

collect pronunciation
Sounds	kahleh'kt
Rhymes	abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt...

Englishcollect: 8 senses adjective 1
Meaning	Payable by the recipient on delivery.
Examples	"a collect call" "the letter came collect"
Synonym	cod
Broader	due	owed and payable immediately or on demand

Englishcollect: 8 senses noun 1, communication
Meaning	A short / short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England.
Broader	prayer, petition, orison	reverent petition to a deity
Spanish	colecta

Englishcollect: 8 senses adverb 1
Meaning	make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays.
Examples	"call collect" "send a package collect"

Englishcollect: 8 senses verb 1, possession
Meaning	Get or gather together.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	The crowds collect in the streets
Synonyms	roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
Narrower	bale	make into a bale
	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
Spanish	acumular, amasar, amontonar, apilar, coleccionar, compilar, juntar, recoger, recopilar, reunir
Catalan	acumular, ajuntar, amuntegar, apilar, aplegar, arreplegar, col·leccionar, compilar, recollir, recopilar, reunir
Nouns	collection, collecting	the act of gathering something together

Englishcollect: 8 senses verb 2, possession
Meaning	call for and obtain payment of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Examples	"we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts" "he collected the rent"
Synonym	take in
Narrower	farm	Collect fees or profits / profits
Narrower	raise	Collect funds for a specific purpose
Broader	take	Take into one's possession
Spanish	acumular, juntar, recoger, recopilar, reunir
Catalan	acumular, juntar, recopilar, reunir
Adjectives	collectible	subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
Nouns	collector	a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

Englishcollect: 8 senses verb 3, contact
Meaning	Assemble or get together.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	gather, garner, pull together
Entailed by	collate	To assemble in proper sequence
Narrower	birdnest, bird-nest	Gather birdnests
	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
Spanish	colectar, congregar, ensamblar, juntar, ordenar, recoger, recolectar, recopilar, reunir
Catalan	ajuntar, aplegar, arreplegar, collir, congregar, recol·lectar, recollir, recopilar, reunir
Participle	collected	brought together in one place
Participle	uncollected	not brought together in one place
Nouns	collection, collecting	the act of gathering something together

Englishcollect: 8 senses verb 4, contact
Meaning	Get or bring together.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonym	pull in
Narrower	archive, file away	put into an archive
Narrower	beat up, drum up, rally	Gather
Broader	roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard	Get or gather together
Spanish	coleccionar, meter, recopilar
Catalan	recopilar
Nouns	collection, collecting	the act of gathering something together

Englishcollect: 8 senses verb 5, possession
Meaning	Gather or collect.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	pick up, gather up, call for
Broader	get, acquire	Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Spanish	buscar, recoger, recopilar
Catalan	passar a buscar, recopilar

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