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- pronunciation:
- k
lekt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective & adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
collects, collecting, collected |
| definition 1: |
to gather together or assemble.
I collected the various papers that were lying on the desk.- synonyms:
- amass, assemble, gather, pile up
- antonyms:
- disperse, distribute, scatter
- similar words:
- agglomerate, aggregate, cluster, compile, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, convoke, group, heap, huddle, marshal, mass, raise, rendezvous, scrape together, stack, summon
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| definition 2: |
to accumulate and make a collection of.
He collects stamps as a hobby.- synonyms:
- accumulate, amass, cumulate, save
- similar words:
- garner, gather, hoard, raise, squirrel, stash, stow
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| definition 3: |
to call for or obtain payment.
The landlord came to collect the rent.- synonyms:
- call for, fetch, take
- similar words:
- gather, levy, marshal, obtain, store
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| definition 4: |
to make (oneself) calm or prepared, esp. after being disturbed or disrupted.
Still shaken from the frightening incident, she tried to collect herself.- synonyms:
- calm, compose, recover
- similar words:
- prepare, quiet
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| related words: |
bunch, cache, call, claim, glean, herd, hoard, keep, lump, muster, pick, rally, steady |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to gather together or assemble.
People began to collect in front of the church.- synonyms:
- assemble, gather, group, meet
- antonyms:
- disperse
- similar words:
- bunch, cluster, concentrate, congregate, convene, crowd, forgather, huddle, mass, muster, rally, rendezvous, swarm, throng
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| definition 2: |
to accumulate.
Snow will collect up to ten inches tonight.- synonyms:
- accumulate, gather, increase
- antonyms:
- disperse
- similar words:
- accrue, deposit, heap up
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| definition 3: |
to obtain payment (usu. fol. by "on").
It's time to collect on the money he owes you.You'll have to pay because those people always collect on their debts.- similar words:
- earn
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| related words: |
agglomerate, aggregate, amass, herd, meet |
adverb + (v.)collect
routinely, systematically
(v.)collect
+ noun
antique,
artifact,
autograph,
baseline,
beetle,
belongings,
bonus,
bucket,
butterfly,
can,
cent,
check,
coin,
debris,
debt,
deposit,
dollar,
donation,
dust,
evidence,
expedition,
filter,
firewood,
fossil,
garbage,
information,
insect,
intelligence,
material,
memorabilia,
money,
particle,
paycheck,
payment,
penny,
pension,
petition,
pin,
pollen,
premium,
rainwater,
rent,
residuals,
revenue,
reward,
royalty,
runoff,
sample,
scrap,
sediment,
seed,
sensor,
shell,
signature,
specimen,
stamp,
statistics,
tax,
toll,
ton,
trash,
tribute,
unemployment,
urine,
waste,
wit
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| part of speech: |
adjective & adverb |
| definition: |
requiring payment from the person who receives the message.
She made a collect call to her parents.I called him collect.- synonyms:
- pay
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The word collect
contains the following parts:
col-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix col-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with "l," such as "loc" and "lect." See com-.
Example words:
leg2, lect1, lig
Latin
root
that means gather; choose; read
Example words:
collect, elect, election, eligibility, eligible, illegible, ineligible, lectern, lecture, legend, legible, neglect, select
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