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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 |
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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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