collect

Definition

  • noun: a short prayer comprising an invocation, petition, and conclusion
  • verb: to get (things) from different places and bring them together
  • verb: to bring together into one body or place
  • + 'on'
  • synonyms: muster, garner, assemble

Examples

  • He has an impressive stamp collection, though he has been 'collecting' for only a few years.

  • I 'collected up' [='picked up'] the dishes and brought them to the kitchen.

  • The operator asked me if I would accept a 'collect' call from John Smith.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) But I like you. I got you something. A bracelet? Yeah. Neckbone's uncle finds them in the river and collects the pearls, and I thought with your name and everything... Thank you. You wanna be my girlfriend? TOM: You've been seeing Mud? No. (..)
    2012 Mud