collect
To collect is defined as to gather together or to call for and receive payment.
(verb)- An example of to collect is having hundreds of rooster statues.
- An example of to collect is picking up trash on the beach.
- An example of to collect is an agency calling to get money from a debtor to pay an outstanding debt.
See collect in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
- to gather together; assemble
- to gather (stamps, books, etc.) as a hobby
- to call for and receive (money) for (rent, a fund, taxes, bills, etc.)
- to regain control of (oneself or one's wits); summon up (one's faculties or powers)
- ☆ Now Chiefly Brit. to pick up; fetch
Origin: ME collecten < OFr collecter < L collectus: see collect
intransitive verb
- to gather; assemble: a crowd collected
- to accumulate: water collects in the basement
- to collect payments, contributions, etc.
adjective, adverb
noun
Origin: ME & OFr collecte < LL collecta, a gathering together of ideas from the day's reading < L, a gathering, contribution of money < collectus, pp. of colligere < com-, together + legere, to gather < IE base *le-, to collect > leech
See collect in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb col·lect·ed, col·lect·ing, col·lects verb, transitive
- To bring together in a group or mass; gather.
- To accumulate as a hobby or for study.
- To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes.
- To recover control of: collect one's emotions.
- To call for (someone); pick up: collected the children and drove home.
- To come together in a group or mass; gather. See Synonyms at gather.
- To take in payments or donations: collecting for charity.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English collecten
Origin: , from Latin colligere, collēct-
Origin: : com-, com-
Origin: + legere, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots
.noun
Ecclesiastical
Origin:
Origin: Middle English collecte
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin collēcta
Origin: , short for (ōrātiō ad) collēctam, (prayer at the) gathering
Origin: , from Latin collēctus, gathered
Origin: , past participle of colligere, to gather; see Collect 1
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