collect

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

2. 2transitive verb

   To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.

3. 3transitive verb

   To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To infer; to conclude.

6. 6transitive verb

   A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.

7. 7noun

   a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

8. 8verb

   assemble or get together

   "gather some stones"

   "pull your thoughts together"

   Synonyms

   garnergather
9. 9verb

   get or bring together

   "accumulate evidence"

10. 10verb

    call for and obtain payment of

    "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"

    "he collected the rent"

11. 11verb

    get or gather together

    "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"

    "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"

    Synonyms

    accumulateamasscompilehoard
12. 12verb

    gather or collect

    "You can get the results on Monday"

    "She picked up the children at the day care center"

13. 13adjective

    payable by the recipient on delivery

    "a collect call"

    "the letter came collect"

    Synonyms

    cod
14. 14adverb

    make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

    "call collect"

    "send a package collect"