collect

  • (r) make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
    • call collect
    • send a package collect
  • (s) payable by the recipient on delivery
    • a collect call
    • the letter came collect
    • a COD parcel
    cod,

Nouns

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

Verbs

  • (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
    accumulate, compile, amass, hoard, roll up, pile up,
  • (v) call for and obtain payment of
    • we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
    • he collected the rent
    take in,
  • (v) assemble or get together
    • gather some stones
    • pull your thoughts together
    gather, pull together, garner,
  • (v) get or bring together
    • accumulate evidence
    pull in,
  • (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
    gather up, call for, pick up,

Synonyms

accumulate compile amass hoard roll up pile up cod take in gather pull together garner pull in gather up call for pick up

Antonyms

spread distribute

See also

gather up lift up pick up

Words of close approximity

collet
colleen college
collectable collect call collected collectedly collectible collecting collection collection plate collective collective agreement collective bargaining collective farm collectively collective noun collective security collectivisation collectivise collectivised collectivism collectivist collectivistic collectivization collectivize collectivized collector collector of internal revenue collector's item