collect
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(r) make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
- call collect
- send a package collect
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(s) payable by the recipient on delivery
- a collect call
- the letter came collect
- a COD parcel
Nouns
- (n) a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) call for and obtain payment of
- we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
- he collected the rent
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(v) assemble or get together
- gather some stones
- pull your thoughts together
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(v) get or bring together
- accumulate evidence
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(v) 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
Synonyms
accumulate compile amass hoard roll up pile up cod take in gather pull together garner pull in gather up call for pick upAntonyms
spread distributeSee also
gather up lift up pick upWords of close approximity
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collective bargaining
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collective noun
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collectivisation
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collectivism
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collector
collector of internal revenue
collector's item