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collect

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01adjective

payable by the recipient on delivery

“a collect call”

“the letter came collect”

02noun

a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

03adverb

make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

“call collect”

“send a package collect”

04verb

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”

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05verb

call for and obtain payment of

“we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts”

“he collected the rent”

06verb

assemble or get together

“gather some stones”

“pull your thoughts together”

07verb

get or bring together

“accumulate evidence”

08verb

gather or collect

“You can get the results on Monday”

“She picked up the children at the day care center”

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