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collect

/kəˈlɛkt/

collectverb

collected

Past Simple

collected

Past Participle

collecting

Gerund

/kəˈlɛkt/

Translations

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

взимать

пожинать

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

collectnoun

collects

/kəˈlekt/

/kəˈlɛkt/

Translations

сбор

The charity organized a collect for the homeless.

Благотворительная организация устроила сбор для бездомных.

Additional translations

накопление

собрание

Definitions

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

/kəˈlekt/

/kəˈlɛkt/

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

Definitions

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

We placed a collect call to our parents.

collectadverb

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

Definitions

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

He called collect from the train station.