gather, collect, assemble, congregate mean to come or bring together into a group, mass, or unit. gather is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered …

COLLECT definition: 1. to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby: 2. to go to a place and…. Learn more.

If something collects light, energy, or heat, it attracts it. Like a telescope, it has a curved mirror to collect the sunlight. [VERB noun]

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 …

We collected soil samples from several areas on the site. We collected our baggage from/at the baggage claim at the airport. I left my suit at the cleaners and I have to collect it today. He …

Definition of collect verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive] to bring things together from different people or places synonym gather. We're collecting signatures for a …

to ask for or demand and receive payment: [no object] The newspaper carrier collects on Mondays. [~ + object] He collected debts from poor people. [no object* (~ + on + object)] to …

to gather together; assemble. The professor collected the students' exams. to accumulate; make a collection of. to collect stamps. to receive or compel payment of. to collect a bill. to regain …

• You collect interest of 1.13% a month when you're in credit. • Anyone who collects jazz records should buy this book. It's full of information on old recordings. • I'm at the station. Can you …

Oct 31, 2025 · collect (plural collects) (sometimes capitalized) (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the …