SkyfireDict

collect   (TTS Sound)

The noun collect has 1 sense

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

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")

The adj collect has 1 sense

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

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")