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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
col•lect1 /kəˈlɛkt/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to gather together;
    assemble: [no object]The youth group collected in the parking lot.[~ + object]We collected the kids and hustled them onto the bus.
  2. [~ + object] to obtain many examples of (something), or make a collection of (something), as a hobby: She likes to collect stamps.
  3. to ask for or demand and receive payment: [no object]The newspaper carrier collects on Mondays.[~ + object]He collected debts from poor people.
  4. [no object* (~ + on + object)] to receive payment that one is owed: We finally collected from the insurance company on the damage to our house.
  5. to regain control of (oneself or one's thoughts or emotions):[~ + object]He took a moment to collect himself.
  6. [~ + object] to call for and take with one: Did you collect your mail?
  7. to accumulate;
    gather in a layer:[no object]A lot of dust collected on the computer screen.

adj., adv. 
  1. Telecommunicationsrequiring payment by the recipient: [adjective; often before a noun]a collect telephone call.[adverb]to call collect.
See -lec-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
col•lect1  (kə lekt′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to gather together;
    assemble:The professor collected the students' exams.
  2. to accumulate;
    make a collection of:to collect stamps.
  3. to receive or compel payment of:to collect a bill.
  4. to regain control of (oneself or one's thoughts, faculties, composure, or the like):At the news of her promotion, she took a few minutes to collect herself.
  5. to call for and take with one:He drove off to collect his guests. They collected their mail.
  6. Sport[Manège.]to bring (a horse) into a collected attitude.
  7. [Archaic.]to infer.

v.i. 
  1. to gather together;
    assemble:The students collected in the assembly hall.
  2. to accumulate:Rain water collected in the barrel.
  3. to receive payment (often fol. by on):He collected on the damage to his house.
  4. to gather or bring together books, stamps, coins, etc., usually as a hobby:He's been collecting for years.
  5. Sport[Manège.](of a horse) to come into a collected attitude.

adj., adv. 
  1. Telecommunicationsrequiring payment by the recipient:a collect telephone call; a telegram sent collect.
  • Latin collēctus (past participle of colligere to collect), equivalent. to col- col-1 + leg- (stem of legere to gather) + -tus past participle suffix
  • late Middle English 1375–1425
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See gather. 
    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged amass, aggregate.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged compose, calm.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged broadcast.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distribute.
col•lect2  (kol′ekt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Religionany of certain brief prayers used in Western churches esp. before the epistle in the communion service.
  • Medieval Latin, short for ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at collection (see collect1)
  • Middle English collecte 1150–1200

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
collect / kəˈlɛkt/
  1. to gather together or be gathered together
  2. to accumulate (stamps, books, etc) as a hobby or for study
  3. (transitive) to call for or receive payment of (taxes, dues, etc)
  4. (transitive) to regain control of (oneself, one's emotions, etc) as after a shock or surprise: she collected her wits
  5. (transitive) to fetch; pick up: collect your own post, he collected the children after school
  6. (intransitive) sometimes followed by on: to receive large sums of money, as from an investment
  7. (transitive) to collide with; be hit by
  8. collect on delivery ⇒
    the US term for cash on delivery
 ,
  1. (of telephone calls) on a reverse-charge basis
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin collēctus collected, from colligere to gather together, from com- together + legere to gather
collect / ˈkɒlɛkt/
  1. a short Church prayer generally preceding the lesson or epistle in Communion and other services
Etymology: 13th Century: from Medieval Latin collecta (from the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at the (people's) assembly), from Latin colligere to collect1

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