collect
English
/kəˈlɛkt/, /ˈkɑlɪkt/, /ˈkɒlɪkt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To gather together; amass.
- (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
- (transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
- (transitive) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather (gather), get (get).)
- (intransitive) To collect payments.
- (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
- (transitive) To infer; to conclude.
- (transitive) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English collecten derived from Old French collecter derived from Latin collectare, collecta (a collection of money, en, in der).
Origin
Latin
collecta
Gloss
a collection of money, en, in der
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- collectable English
- collectathon English
- collected English
- collectedly English
- collectedness English
- collecter English
- collectest English
- collecteth English
- collectible English
- collecting English
- collectomania English
- miscollect English
- noncollectable English
- noncollecting English
- overcollect English
- precollected English
- skull-collecting ant English
- uncollectable English
- uncollected English
- uncollectible English
- undercollect English
- collecta Latin
- collectare Latin
- colligere Latin
- colletta Italian
- collecte French
- antecoger Spanish, Castilian
- coger Spanish, Castilian
- colecta Spanish, Castilian
- cosecha Spanish, Castilian
- cosechar Spanish, Castilian
- encoger Spanish, Castilian
- escoger Spanish, Castilian
- sobrecoger Spanish, Castilian
- colheita Portuguese
- collecten Middle English
- collecter Old French
- colleita Galician