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Meaning of collect

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  collect
      adv 1: make a telephone call or mail a package so that the
             recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"
      adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call";
             "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn:
             {collect}, {cod}]
      n 1: a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church
           of Rome or the Church of England
      v 1: get or gather together; "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}, {collect}, {accumulate}, {pile up},
           {amass}, {compile}, {hoard}]
      2: call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million
         dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" [syn:
         {collect}, {take in}]
      3: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
         thoughts together" [syn: {gather}, {garner}, {collect}, {pull
         together}] [ant: {distribute}, {spread}]
      4: get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" [syn: {collect},
         {pull in}]
      5: gather or collect; "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: {collect}, {pick up}, {gather
         up}, {call for}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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