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collect

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈkɑlɪkt

Definitions

  1. To gather together; amass
  2. The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
  3. To get; particularly, get from someone
  4. With payment to be made by the receiver: called collect; a collect phone call.
  5. To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation
  6. A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.
  7. To pick up or fetch [someone, in a vehicle]
  8. any of certain brief prayers used in Western churches esp. before the epistle in the communion service.
  9. To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
  10. A formula of words used in praying:litany, orison, prayer, rogation (often used in plural).
  11. a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them. gemeenskapsplaas, kibboets مَزْرَعَه تَعاوُنِيَّه колектив cooperativa družstvo das Kollektiv kollektiv; kollektivfarm κολεκτίβα cooperativa ühismajand مزرعه یا هرگونه تشکیلات اشتراکی kollektiivi collectif מֶשֶק שִיתוּפִי सहकारी कृषि या संगठन kolektiv farm kolektif samyrkja, samyrkjubú collettivo 集団農場 (など) 공동체, 집단농장 bendrovė, kolektyvas kolektīvs usaha sama collectiefkollektiv, samvirkespółdzielnia مزرعه، پټى cooper...
  12. They were collectively responsible for the man's death. gesamentlik بِصورَةٍ جَماعِيَّه общо coletivamente kolektivně, společně gemeinsam kollektivt; fælles; samlet συλλογικά colectivamente kollektiivselt مشترکاً؛ دسته جمعی yhdessä collectivement בְּצוּרָה משוּתֶפֶת सामुहिक रूप से kolektivan, skupan közösen secara kolektif sameiginlega collettivamente 集合的に 집단적으로 bendrai, kolektyviai kolektīvi; kopīgi bertanggungjawab gezamenlijkkollektivt zbiorowo دله ایز colectivamente cu toţii сообща spoloč...
  13. a person who collects, as a job or as a hobby. a ticket-collector / stamp-collector. versamelaar جامِع الأشْياء колекционер colecionador sběratel der/die Sammler(in) samler συλλέκτηςcoleccionista koguja کلکسیونر keräilijä collectionneur/-euse אספן, גובה जमाकर्ता sabirač, sakupljač, kolekcionar gyűjtő kolektor safnari collezionista 収集家 수집가 rinkėjas, kolekcionierius, (bilietų) kontrolierius iekasētājs; (biļešu) kontrolieris; kolekcionārs pengumpul verzamelaarsamler; oppkrever, inkassator zbiera...
  14. vt. coleccionar, recoger, juntar; acumular.
  15. To bring together in a group or mass; gather: The teacher collected the exams.
  16. To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes.

Conjugation

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Equivalents

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العربيةتجمعجمع
Беларускаязбірацьсабраць
Българскисъберасъбирам
Cymraegcasglu
Ελληνικάσυγκεντρώνω
فارسیجمع کردن
Gàidhligtrus
עבריתאסףגבה
ქართულიშეკრება
ភាសាខ្មែរប្រមូល
한국어수집하다
Kurdîtrûş
Lietuviųrinkti
Latviešulasīt
Македонскисобересобира
Românăculege
Shqipmbledh

Examples

“He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.”

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