noun
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
verb
get or gather together
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
verb
call for and obtain payment of
Synonyms
take in
Examples
- we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
- he collected the rent
verb
assemble or get together
Synonyms
Examples
- gather some stones
- pull your thoughts together
verb
get or bring together
Synonyms
pull in
Examples
- accumulate evidence
verb
gather or collect
Synonyms
pick up
gather up
call for
Examples
- 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
adjective
payable by the recipient on delivery
Synonyms
Examples
- a collect call
- the letter came collect
- a COD parcel
adverb
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
Examples
- call collect
- send a package collect