Question 1 · Quick check
collect
CEFRA1
/kəˈlɛkt/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To gather things together.
- 02
verb
To receive money from someone.
Examples
I'd like to make a collect call to Los Angeles.
A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
To get; particularly, get from someone.
To gather together; amass.
More examples
In contextSuzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.
Do you collect anything?
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Origin
verb
From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”), from Latin collecta (“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”), feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere, conligere (“to gather together, collect, consider, conclude, infer”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).