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collect

/kəˈlɛkt/

Translations

collectverb

collected

Past Simple

collected

Past Participle

collecting

Gerund

/kəˈlɛkt/

собрать

We need to collect all the necessary documents.

Нам нужно собрать все необходимые документы.

собирать

She likes to collect stamps.

Она любит собирать марки.

коллекционировать

He started to collect rare coins.

Он начал коллекционировать редкие монеты.

Additional translations

Synonyms

Antonyms

collectnoun

collects

/kəˈlekt/

/kəˈlɛkt/

сбор

The charity organized a collect for the homeless.

Благотворительная организация устроила сбор для бездомных.

Additional translations

накопление

собрание

collectadjective

/kəˈlekt/

/kəˈlɛkt/

Used attributively, chiefly before "call", meaning "with the charges to be paid by the recipient".

collectadverb

Used after a verb, especially with "call", meaning "with the charges to be paid by the recipient".

Definitions

collectverb

To gather together; to assemble.

She collects stamps from all over the world.

To receive or take in (money, payments, etc.).

He collects rent from his tenants every month.

To accumulate or gather as a hobby or for study.

He collects rare coins as a hobby.

To regain control or composure.

She took a moment to collect herself before speaking.

To call for and take away; to fetch.

He went to collect his daughter from school.

To assemble or gather together in one place (intransitive).

By evening, a crowd had collected outside the theater.

collectnoun

A short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season, typically used in Christian liturgy.

The priest recited the collect for the second Sunday of Advent.

collectadjective

With payment to be made by the person receiving the call; reverse-charge.

We placed a collect call to our parents.

collectadverb

With the telephone charges billed to the person receiving the call.

He called collect from the train station.