English dictionary
collect
adjectiveParts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- payable by the recipient on delivery
adverb
- make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
noun
- a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
verb
- assemble or get together
verb
- get or bring together
verb
- call for and obtain payment of
verb
- get or gather together
verb
- gather or collect
Example sentences
a collect call
the letter came collect
a COD parcel
call collect
send a package collect
gather some stones
pull your thoughts together
accumulate evidence
we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
he collected the rent
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
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