collection collecting assembling aggregation | the act of gathering something together |
conchology shell collecting | the collection and study of mollusc shells |
numismatics numismatology coin collecting coin collection | the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) |
philately stamp collecting stamp collection | the collection and study of postage stamps |
collect call | a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for |
collect | a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England |
gather garner collect pull together | assemble or get together, gather some stones, pull your thoughts together |
collect pull in | get or bring together, accumulate evidence |
collect take in | call for and obtain payment of, we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts, he collected the rent |
roll up collect accumulate pile up amass compile hoard | 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 |
collect pick up gather up call for | 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 |
collect cod | payable by the recipient on delivery, a collect call, the letter came collect, a COD parcel |
collected equanimous poised self-collected self-contained self-possessed | in full control of your faculties, the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination, perfectly poised and sure of himself, more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen, strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble |
collected gathered | brought together in one place, the collected works of Milton, the gathered folds of the skirt |
collect | make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays, call collect, send a package collect |