collect
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
• Hypernyms:
prayer, petition, orison
1. get or gather together (Freq. 16)
- 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
• Syn:
roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
• Derivationally related forms:
compilation (for: compile), accumulative (for: accumulate), accumulation (for: accumulate), collection, collecting
• Hypernyms:
store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away,
stack away, stash away
• Hyponyms:
run up, corral, pull in, scrape, scrape up,
scrape up, come up, lump, chunk, bale,
catch, fund
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The crowds collect in the streets
2. call for and obtain payment of (Freq. 15)
- we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
- he collected the rent
• Syn:
take in
• Derivationally related forms:
collectible, collector
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
farm, raise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
3. assemble or get together (Freq. 12)
- gather some stones
- pull your thoughts together
• Syn:
gather, garner, pull together
• Ant:
spread (for: gather)
• See Also:
gather up (for: gather)
• Derivationally related forms:
collection, collecting, gather (for: gather)
• Hyponyms:
mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon, rake,
reap, harvest, glean, club, hive, salvage,
scavenge, muster, rally, come up, muster up, round up,
pick, pluck, cull, nut, snail, birdnest,
bird-nest, nest, oyster, sponge, pearl, clam,
shock, pile up, heap up, stack up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. get or bring together (Freq. 8)
- accumulate evidence
• Syn:
pull in
• Derivationally related forms:
collection, collecting
• Hypernyms:
roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
• Hyponyms:
archive, file away, beat up, drum up, rally
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. gather or collect (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
pick up, gather up, call for
• Derivationally related forms:
pickup (for: pick up)
• Hypernyms:
get, acquire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
payable by the recipient on delivery
- a collect call
- the letter came collect
- a COD parcel
• Syn:
cod
• Similar to:
due
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
- call collect
- send a package collect
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