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KK Pronunciation

〔 `kɑlZkt 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˋkɒlєkt 〕


Overview of noun collect

The noun collect has 1 sense


  • collect -- (a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England)


Overview of verb collect

The verb collect has 5 senses


  • roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard -- (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"; "She rolled up a small fortune")

  • collect, take in -- (call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent")

  • gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")

  • collect, pull in -- (get or bring together; "accumulate evidence")

  • collect, pick up, gather up, call for -- (gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week")


Overview of adj collect

The adj collect has 1 sense


  • collect, cod -- (payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel")


Overview of adv collect

The adv collect has 1 sense


  • collect -- (make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect")