📖 Определения и значения для слова collect
📒 to bring things together from different people or places
- collect something to collect data/evidence/information
- We're collecting signatures for a petition.
- The purpose of his trip was to collect material for a book.
📒 to buy or find things of a particular type and keep them as a hobby
- to collect stamps/postcards/coins
- He started to collect art seriously soon after the turn of the century.
- He began collecting antiquities in 1785.
📒 to gradually increase in amount in a place; to gradually obtain more and more of something in a place
- In spite of their efforts a large pool of liquid continued to collect.
- collect + adv./prep. Dirt had collected in the corners of the room.
- Water had collected on the flat roof.
📒 to go somewhere in order to take somebody/something away
- collect something What day do they collect the rubbish/garbage?
- The package is waiting to be collected.
- collect something from… On arrival, collect your keys from reception.
📒 to ask people to give you money for a particular purpose
- I've been out collecting, knocking on peoples doors and asking them for money.
- collect for something We're collecting for local charities.
- collect something Volunteers have been going door to door, collecting money.
📒 to obtain the money, etc. that somebody owes, for example by going to their house to get it
- to collect rent/debts/tax
📒 to receive something; to win something
- She collected £25 000 in compensation.
- to collect a prize/a medal
- She collected $50 000 on her husband’s life insurance policies.
📒 to come together in one place to form a larger group
- A crowd began to collect in front of the embassy.
📒 to not be used for a long time
- Play your guitar that's gathering dust, or pull out the old tennis racket for a match.
- You may already have an old laptop that is collecting dust but otherwise usable.
📒 to try to control your emotions and become calm
- I'm fine—I just need a minute to collect myself.
📒 to prepare yourself mentally for something
- She paused to collect her thoughts before entering the interview room.