collect

About 13.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To gather together; amass.

   Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.

2. verb To get; particularly, get from someone.

   A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.

3. verb To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

   John Henry collects stamps.

4. verb To pick up or fetch [someone, in a vehicle]

   Can you collect me from the airport?

5. verb To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
6. verb To collect payments.

   He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.

7. verb To come together in a group or mass.

   The rain collected in puddles.

8. verb To infer; to conclude.

Similar words

gather gather up congregate compile amass pull together hoard accumulate take in collate

Often followed by

the and a data information all in his from

Word family

Collect Collects collected collecting collects