Word: collect
Category: collect
Law & Government, Business & Industrial, People & Society
Related words: collect
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Synonyms: collect
gather, accumulate, assemble, amass, stockpile, pile up, heap up, store (up), hoard, save, mass, accrue, meet, muster, congregate, convene, converge, flock together, fetch, go/come to get, call for, raise, appeal for, ask for, solicit, obtain, acquire, recover, regain one's composure, pull oneself together, steady oneself, get a grip (on oneself), summon (up), get together, marshal, roll up, compile, gather up, pick up, pull together, garner, take in, pull in
Translations: collect
The meaning and "use of": collect
- bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread). - he went around the office collecting old coffee cups
- call for and take away; fetch. - the children were collected from school
- regain control of oneself, typically after a shock. - Cougre took the hint and collected herself , regaining her calm.
- conclude; infer. - by all best conjectures, I collect Thou art to be my fatal enemy
- cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves, thereby shortening the stride and increasing balance and impulsion. - This is an easy way to encourage the horse to collect as he halts which will be a paramount balance skill later on.
- (with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it. - I called my mother collect
- (in church use) a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season. - However, a new type of short full anthem, often a setting of one of the seasonal collects , gained in popularity after about 1800.
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