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The Meaning of collect

  • (v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
  • (v. t.) To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
  • (v. t.) To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
  • (v. i.) To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
  • (v. i.) To infer; to conclude.
  • (v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.

Synonyms

cod , heap up , call for , furl , lay away , hoard , stash , cache , amass , gather up , bundle up , wrap up , hive up , squirrel away , compose , roll up , take in , pull in , gather , roll , pick up , conglomerate , pile up , bundle , stack up , pull together , accumulate , compile , cumulate , garner , earn , put one over , gather in , suck up , invite , befool , slang , imbibe , gain , put on , view , put one across , take , have , suck , adopt , make , see , receive , ingest , realise , soak up , sop up , watch , clear , gull , take up , fool , draw , bring in , overhear , catch , assimilate , absorb , dupe , realize , consume , suck in , assemble , pucker , meet , foregather , tuck , get together , forgather , pull , move in , get in , attract , draw in , gain vigor , cop , peck , nail , need , lift up , perk up , necessitate , arrest , get word , quest , nab , percolate , demand , postulate , request , require , collar , turn around , apprehend , get a line , ask , uplift , involve , find out , intoxicate , bespeak , elate , learn , get wind , perk , discover , hear , hoard up , store up , aggregate , store , hive away , lay in , put in , salt away , stack away , stash away

Antonyms

undue , disperse , divide , portion , spend , waste , dissipate , parcel , scatter , squander

Rhymes

affect , aftereffect , albrecht , architect , aspect , becht , bedecked , brecht , checked , circumspect , confect , connect , correct , decked , defect , deflect , deject , deregt , detect , dialect , direct , disaffect , disconnect , disinfect , disrespect , dissect , effect , eject , elect , erect , expect , fecht , hecht , henpecked , incorrect , indirect , infect , inject , insect , inspect , intellect , interconnect , interject , intersect , introspect , knecht , misdirect , necked , neglect , nondirect , object , overprotect , pecht , perfect , prefect , project , protect , rechecked , recht , recollect , reconnect , redirect , reflect , reinspect , reject , respect , resurrect , retrospect , schlecht , sect , select , specht , subject , suspect , teleconnect , trekked , unchecked , wecht , whelked , wrecked