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A keyword: an important word to learn collect1   Show phonetics
verb
1 BRING TOGETHER [T] to get things from different places and bring them together
Police collected a good deal of information during the investigation.
Would you collect up the books please, Joanne?

2 KEEP [T] to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby
She collects dolls.

3 GO TO GET [T] UK to go to a place and bring someone or something away from it
She collects Anna from school at three o'clock.

4 MONEY [I,T] to ask people to give you money for something, for example a charity (= organization that helps people)
I'm collecting on behalf of Oxfam.

5 RECEIVE [T] to receive money that you are owed
You can begin to collect a pension at age 62.

6 COME TOGETHER [I] to come together in a single place
Journalists collected outside the palace.

7 collect yourself/your thoughts to get control over your feelings and thoughts

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