Synonyms for collect
ˈkɒl ɛktcol·lect

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1. collect

   To amass is to bring together materials that make a mass, a great bulk or quantity. With some occasional exceptions, accumulate is applied to the more gradual, amass to the more rapid gathering of money or materials, amass referring to the general result or bulk, accumulate to the particular process or rate of gain. We say interest is accumulated (or accumulates) rather than is amassed; he accumulated a fortune in the course of years; he rapidly amassed a fortune by shrewd speculations. Goods or money for immediate distribution are said to be collected rather than amassed. They may be stored up for a longer or shorter time; but to hoard is always with a view of permanent retention, generally selfish. Aggregate is now most commonly used of numbers and amounts; as, the expenses will aggregate a round million.

   Synonyms:
   accumulate, aggregate, amass, gather, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, store up

   Antonyms:
   disperse, dissipate, divide, parcel, portion, scatter, spend, squander, waste

   Preposition:
   Amass for oneself; for a purpose; from a distance; with great labor; by industry.

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1. collect

   Synonyms:
   collate, gather, glean, sum, infer, learn, congregate, assemble, convoke, convene, muster, amass, garner, accumulate

   Antonyms:
   classify, arrange, distribute, dispose, dispense, divide, sort, deal

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1. collectadjective

   a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

   Antonyms:
   undue

2. collect, codverb

   payable by the recipient on delivery

   "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"

   Synonyms:
   cod

   Antonyms:
   undue

3. roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoardverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   heap up, call for, furl, lay away, hoard, stash, cache, amass, gather up, bundle up, wrap up, hive up, squirrel away, compose, roll up, take in, pull in, gather, roll, pick up, conglomerate, pile up, bundle, stack up, pull together, accumulate, compile, cumulate, garner

   Antonyms:
   undue

4. collect, take inverb

   call for and obtain payment of

   "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

   Synonyms:
   earn, pile up, take in, put one over, gather in, suck up, pull in, invite, befool, gather, slang, imbibe, amass, gain, put on, view, roll up, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, make, garner, see, receive, accumulate, gather up, ingest, realise, compile, soak up, sop up, watch, hoard, pull together, clear, gull, take up, call for, cod, pick up, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, assimilate, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, suck in

   Antonyms:
   undue

5. gather, garner, collect, pull togetherverb

   assemble or get together

   "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

   Synonyms:
   hoard, assemble, call for, garner, gain, amass, pucker, gather up, meet, conglomerate, accumulate, roll up, take in, pull in, gather, pick up, foregather, pile up, tuck, pull together, get together, compile, cumulate, earn, forgather

   Antonyms:
   undue

6. collect, pull inverb

   get or bring together

   "accumulate evidence"

   Synonyms:
   call for, garner, realize, realise, hoard, amass, gather up, clear, draw, roll up, take in, pull in, gather, pull, gain, pile up, move in, pick up, get in, pull together, accumulate, compile, bring in, attract, make, earn, draw in

   Antonyms:
   undue

7. collect, pick up, gather up, call foradverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   gain vigor, cop, pile up, take in, peck, call for, pull in, take, invite, gather, nail, need, amass, lift up, perk up, necessitate, arrest, roll up, get word, quest, nab, percolate, demand, garner, see, receive, accumulate, gather up, postulate, request, compile, require, hoard, pull together, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, ask, uplift, involve, find out, intoxicate, pick up, bespeak, elate, catch, learn, get wind, perk, discover, hear

   Antonyms:
   undue

8. collectadverb

   make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

   "call collect"; "send a package collect"

   Antonyms:
   undue

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1. collectverb

   Synonyms:
   gather, assemble, muster, bring together, scrape together

2. collectverb

   Synonyms:
   accumulate, amass, aggregate, garner, heap up, garner up

3. collectverb

   Synonyms:
   infer, deduce, consider probable

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1. collectverb

   Synonyms:
   assemble, accumulate

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1. List of paraphrases for "collect":

   gather, collection, collecting, gathering, compile, collate, collects, perceive, obtain, raise, recover, assemble, solicit, collected, receive, reap, capture, muster, levy, compiling

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How to use collect in a sentence?

1. Eric Fletcher:

   Before we get to the point of litigation, the patient has ignored eight to ten attempts at contacting them to work out some kind of payment arrangement or qualify them for charity care, not for profit hospitals have a responsibility first and foremost to care for people without regard to their ability to pay, and we do that. We also have a responsibility to be a sustainable institution for our community, and to do that we have to be able to collect from patients who can pay.

2. Naguib Sawiris:

   Of course it depends on the amount of investment we can collect the plan calls for $15 billion a year in investments, and I believe it's doable, to give a ballpark figure, my family will provide this year, or at this conference, 20 percent of that figure, in the energy sector.

3. Donald Trump:

   Mail ballots are a very dangerous thing for this country because they're cheaters. They go and collect them. They're fraudulent in many cases.

4. David Spergel:

   Given the paucity of observations, our first task is simply to gather the most robust set of data that we can, we will be identifying what data – from civilians, government, non-profits, companies – exists, what else we should try to collect, and how to best analyze it.

5. Anne Morrow Lindbergh:

   One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few and they are more beautiful if they are a few.