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col·lect¹

C0477700 (kə-lĕkt′)v. col·lect·ed, col·lect·ing, col·lects v.tr.1. a. To bring together in a group or mass; gather: The teacher collected the exams.b. To accumulate as a hobby or for study: collect old coins; collect folk tales. See Synonyms at gather.2. To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes.3. To be the site for (an accumulating mass), especially as a consequence of disuse or neglect: My guitar is collecting dust in the corner.4. To recover control of: collect one's emotions.5. To call for (someone); pick up: collected the children and drove home.v.intr.1. To come together in a group or mass; gather: Sand collected in the crevices.2. To take in payments or donations: collecting for charity.adv. & adj. With payment to be made by the receiver: called collect; a collect phone call.

[Middle English collecten, from Latin colligere, collēct- : com-, com- + legere, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

col·lect²

C0477800 (kŏl′ĭkt, -ĕkt′)n. Ecclesiastical A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.

[Middle English collecte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collēcta, short for (ōrātiō ad) collēctam, (prayer at the) gathering, from Latin collēctus, gathered, past participle of colligere, to gather; see collect¹.]

collect

(kəˈlɛkt) vb1. to gather together or be gathered together2. to accumulate (stamps, books, etc) as a hobby or for study3. (tr) to call for or receive payment of (taxes, dues, etc)4. (tr) to regain control of (oneself, one's emotions, etc) as after a shock or surprise: he collected his wits. 5. (tr) to fetch; pick up: collect your own post; he collected the children after school. 6. slang (sometimes foll by: on) to receive large sums of money, as from an investment: he really collected when the will was read. 7. (tr) informal Austral and NZ to collide with; be hit by8. (Commerce) collect on delivery the US term for cash on deliveryadv, adj (Telecommunications) US (of telephone calls) on a reverse-charge basisn (Gambling, except Cards) informal Austral a winning bet[C16: from Latin collēctus collected, from colligere to gather together, from com- together + legere to gather]

collect

(ˈkɒlɛkt) n (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a short Church prayer generally preceding the lesson or epistle in Communion and other services[C13: from Medieval Latin collecta (from the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at the (people's) assembly), from Latin colligere to collect¹]

col•lect¹

(kəˈlɛkt)

v.t. 1. to gather together; assemble. 2. to make a collection of: to collect stamps. 3. to demand and receive payment of. 4. to regain control of (oneself or one's thoughts or emotions). 5. to call for and take with one: Did you collect your mail? v.i. 6. to gather together; assemble. 7. to accumulate. 8. to receive payment (often fol. by on): We collected on the damage to our house. adj., adv. 9. requiring payment by the recipient: to call collect. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin collēctus, past participle of colligere to collect =col- col-¹ + -ligere to gather] syn: See gather.

col•lect²

(ˈkɒl ɛkt)

n. any of certain brief prayers used in Western churches esp. before the epistle in the communion service. [1150–1200; collecte < Medieval Latin ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at collection]

Collect

a meeting for worship; an assembly; a collection; a gathering.Examples: collect of money; of Tuscan hieroglyphics, 1651.

collect

Past participle: collected
Gerund: collecting

Imperative
collect
collect

Present
I collect
you collect
he/she/it collects
we collect
you collect
they collect

Preterite
I collected
you collected
he/she/it collected
we collected
you collected
they collected

Present Continuous
I am collecting
you are collecting
he/she/it is collecting
we are collecting
you are collecting
they are collecting

Present Perfect
I have collected
you have collected
he/she/it has collected
we have collected
you have collected
they have collected

Past Continuous
I was collecting
you were collecting
he/she/it was collecting
we were collecting
you were collecting
they were collecting

Past Perfect
I had collected
you had collected
he/she/it had collected
we had collected
you had collected
they had collected

Future
I will collect
you will collect
he/she/it will collect
we will collect
you will collect
they will collect

Future Perfect
I will have collected
you will have collected
he/she/it will have collected
we will have collected
you will have collected
they will have collected

Future Continuous
I will be collecting
you will be collecting
he/she/it will be collecting
we will be collecting
you will be collecting
they will be collecting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been collecting
you have been collecting
he/she/it has been collecting
we have been collecting
you have been collecting
they have been collecting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been collecting
you will have been collecting
he/she/it will have been collecting
we will have been collecting
you will have been collecting
they will have been collecting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been collecting
you had been collecting
he/she/it had been collecting
we had been collecting
you had been collecting
they had been collecting

Conditional
I would collect
you would collect
he/she/it would collect
we would collect
you would collect
they would collect

Past Conditional
I would have collected
you would have collected
he/she/it would have collected
we would have collected
you would have collected
they would have collected

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	collect - a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of Englandorison, petition, prayer - reverent petition to a deity
Verb	1.	collect - 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"accumulate, compile, hoard, amass, roll up, pile uprun up - pile up (debts or scores)corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"chunk, lump - put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants"bale - make into a bale; "bale hay"catch - take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulationsalt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
	2.	collect - call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"take intake - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"farm - collect fees or profitsraise - collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
	3.	collect - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"gather, pull together, garnermobilize, marshal, mobilise, summon - make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"rake - gather with a rake; "rake leaves"glean, harvest, reap - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"club - gather into a club-like mass; "club hair"hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"salvage, scavenge - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"muster, muster up, rally, summon, come up - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"round up - seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"cull, pick, pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"nut - gather nutssnail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"birdnest, bird-nest - gather birdnests; "They went birdnesting in the early morning"nest - gather nestsoyster - gather oysters, dig oysterssponge - gather sponges, in the oceanpearl - gather pearls, from oysters in the oceanclam - gather clams, by digging in the sand by the oceanshock - collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain"heap up, stack up, pile up - arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"
	4.	collect - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"pull inarchive, file away - put into an archivedrum up, rally, beat up - gather; "drum up support"collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - 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"
	5.	collect - 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"gather up, pick up, call foracquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
Adj.	1.	collect - payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"coddue - owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due"
Adv.	1.	collect - make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"

collect

verb1. gather, save, assemble, heap, accumulate, aggregate, amass, stockpile, hoard Two young girls were collecting firewood.
gather spread, distribute, scatter, strew2. fetch, get, meet, pick up I collected her at the station.3. raise, secure, gather, obtain, acquire, muster, solicit They collected donations for a fund to help the earthquake victims.4. assemble, meet, rally, cluster, come together, convene, converge, congregate, flock together, foregather A crowd collected outside.
assemble scatter, dispersecollect yourself recover, pull yourself together, get or take a hold of yourself, regain your composure She paused for a moment to collect herself

collect¹

verb1. To bring together:assemble, call, cluster, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, get together, group, muster, round up, summon.2. To bring together so as to increase in mass or number:accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up.3. To come together:assemble, cluster, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, get together, group, muster.4. To bring one's emotions under control:compose, contain, control, cool, simmer down.Idiom: cool it.

collect²

nounA formula of words used in praying:litany, orison, prayer, rogation (often used in plural).

Translations

接走收集

collect

(kəˈlekt) verb1. to bring or come together; to gather. People are collecting in front of the house; I collect stamps; I'm collecting (money) for cancer research; He's trying to collect his thoughts.收集2. to call for and take away. She collects the children from school each day.接走colˈlected adjective1. gathered together in one book etc. the collected poems of Robert Burns.收集成册的2. composed; cool. She appeared quite calm and collected.镇定的colˈlection (-ʃən) noun1. (an) act of collecting. Your letter won't get to London tomorrow – you've missed the last collection (= of mail from a postbox) for today.收集2. a set of objects etc collected. a stamp collection.收藏品colˈlective (-tiv) adjective1. of a number of people etc combined into one group. This success was the result of a collective effort.集体的2. of a noun, taking a singular verb but standing for many things taken as a whole. `Cattle' is a collective noun.集合的 noun a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them. 共有，集体事业 colˈlectively adverbThey were collectively responsible for the man's death.集体地colˈlector noun a person who collects, as a job or as a hobby. a ticket-collector / stamp-collector.收藏家

collect

→ 接走zhCN, 收集zhCN

I'd like to make a collect call (US)
I'd like to make a reverse charge call (UK) → 我要打一个由对方付费的电话

collect

collect dust

To be in a state of disuse for a prolonged period of time. Why do you want another video game console? You already have three collecting dust under the television! My father has lots of old trinkets and memorabilia collecting dust in the attic.See also: collect, dust

collect (one's) wits

To try to calm oneself and think clearly and rationally. Take a moment to collect your wits, then tell us how the accident happened.See also: collect, wit

collect (one's) thoughts

To pause and think before speaking or taking action. Can I please just have a second to collect my thoughts before I respond? Susie paused to collect her thoughts and come up with a tactful response to her seething sister.See also: collect, thought

collect around (someone or something)

To gather around someone or something. The kids collected around the clown to watch him make balloon animals.See also: around, collect

collect for (someone or something)

To solicit money, especially that which is owed, for a particular reason. People keep calling to collect for my credit card bills. There's a boy at the door collecting for charity.See also: collect

collect (something) from (someone)

1. To solicit or gather something, often money, from someone. There's a boy at the entrance collecting money from people for charity. They're doing a food drive at work, and they want to collect canned food from us.2. To obtain a biological specimen from someone, as for medical testing. We'll need to collect a urine sample from you.See also: collect

collect on (something)

To request or pursue something that has been offered or promised to one. Remember when you offered to watch the baby? Well, I need to collect on that now. It's time to collect on that debt he owes me.See also: collect, on

collect up

To gather items. A noun or pronoun can be used between "collect" and "up." I need someone to help me collect up all of these donations for the food drive. Collect your toys up—it's time for bed!See also: collect, up

gather (one's) wits

To try to calm oneself and think clearly and rationally. Sir, you've just been in an car accident. Take a moment to gather your wits, then please tell us what happened. If your opponent starts badgering you during the debate, remember to gather your wits before responding.See also: gather, wit

collect (oneself)

To compose oneself so that one's actions are not dictated by one's emotions. I know you're angry, so you need to collect yourself before you go in there and say something you'll regret to your boss.See also: collect

recollect (oneself)

To remember or become aware of one's purpose, intention, or situation, especially after a momentary interruption, diversion, or distraction; to become recomposed. The protestor's chants threw the presentation into chaos for a moment, but the speaker soon recollected himself and carried on as before. She appeared to drift off into thought halfway through her story, before recollecting herself and picking up where she left off.See also: recollect

pay (for something) collect on delivery

To pay for a purchase when it is delivered, as opposed to paying in advance at the time of ordering. I always prefer to pay collect on delivery so I can inspect my order before handing over any money. If you do not have a credit card when ordering online or over the phone, you can arrange to pay for your purchase collect on delivery.See also: collect, delivery, on, pay

send (something) collect on delivery

To dispatch something to a recipient who must pay for it upon successful delivery. All our products are sent collect on delivery, so please be sure to have payment ready when your item arrives. I asked them to send the furniture collect on delivery so I could inspect it before handing over any money.See also: collect, delivery, on, send

collect around someone or something

to gather around someone or something; to accumulate around someone or something. The guests collected around the table that held the birthday cake. The children collected around the birthday boy.See also: around, collect

collect (money) for someone or something

to solicit money for the benefit of someone or something. I would like to collect some money for Fred, who is in the hospital. I am collecting for the church building fund.See also: collect

collect (money) for something

to solicit money that is owed. I'm collecting money for payment on your loan. Someone is calling to collect for the newspaper delivery.See also: collect

collect on something

to take or receive payment on a debt or promise. I have come to collect on your debt. I will have to assign your account to an agency to collect on this bill.See also: collect, on

collect one's thoughts

Fig. to take time to think through an issue; to give some thought to a topic. I'll speak to the visitors in a moment. I need some time to collect my thoughts.See also: collect, thought

collect something from someone

1. to gather up something from someone; to gather money from someone. I'm here to collect used clothing from you. She is out collecting donations from the neighbors. 2. to take a medical specimen from a person. I am here to collect a urine specimen from the patient. The phlebotomist collected the specimen from Todd and left the room.See also: collect

collect something up

to gather something up. Collect your things up, and let's go. I collected up all my luggage and left.See also: collect, up

collect your wits

gather your wits

LITERARYIf you collect your wits or gather your wits, you make an effort to control yourself and become calm again, after a frightening or shocking experience. I took a deep breath and tried to gather my wits. The news was so shocking that I was scarcely able to take it in. Sinking into a leather armchair, I attempted to collect my wits and decide what on earth I was going to tell Lucy.See also: collect, wit

collect yourself/your thoughts

1 try to control your emotions and become calm: I’m fine — I just need a minute to collect myself.
2 prepare yourself mentally for something: She paused to collect her thoughts before entering the interview room.See also: collect, thought

collect/gather your ˈwits

try to become calm and think clearly: After such a shock I found it difficult to gather my wits.See also: collect, gather, wit

re-collect (oneself)

To become composed again, especially after one has been flustered or confused.

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collect dust

collect (one's) wits

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collect around (someone or something)

collect for (someone or something)

collect (something) from (someone)

collect on (something)

collect up

gather (one's) wits

collect (oneself)

recollect (oneself)

pay (for something) collect on delivery

send (something) collect on delivery

collect around someone or something

collect (money) for someone or something

collect (money) for something

collect on something

collect one's thoughts

collect something from someone

collect something up

collect your wits

gather your wits

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verb gather

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verb fetch

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verb raise

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verb assemble

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phrase collect yourself

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verb to bring together

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verb to bring together so as to increase in mass or number

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verb to come together

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verb to bring one's emotions under control

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noun a formula of words used in praying

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

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verb get or gather together

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verb call for and obtain payment of

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