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01. When I was young, I used to [collect] coins from all over the world.
02. Franca, could you please [collect] the homework for me, and put it on my desk?
03. My son's hockey team spent the day [collecting] bottles and cans for their fundraising drive.
04. Slava's [collection] of the paintings of Eastern European artists is one of the best in the country.
05. Why don't you kids go [collect] some wood to make a fire while I put the tent up?
06. Over 1,000 signatures have been [collected] on a petition asking the government to preserve the land as park.
07. You have to be careful that water doesn't [collect] on the floor beside the shower or it will damage the linoleum.
08. We put a barrel outside to [collect] rainwater for use in the garden.
09. They sell old comic books and other [collectibles] at the flea market to make money.
10. The museum has one of the largest [collections] of native Indian art in the world.
11. She read a [collection] of the poems of Leonard Cohen in her literature class.
12. Ralph Lauren's new [collection] of women's summer dresses is sure to be a hit at the fashion shows this spring.
13. Garbage [collection] will be halted due to a strike by outside workers.
14. The management team [collectively] decided to sell the company because it is getting too big for them to manage.
15. Albert Einstein once said that what we call common sense is the [collection] of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
16. There is a Spanish proverb which observes that he who would be rich should not [collect] money, but reduce his needs.
17. Bees must [collect] nectar from four million flowers to make a kilo of honey.
18. Our chief source of fresh water is the rainfall that [collects] in lakes and rivers.
19. The Soviet system of [collective] farming worked well in Moldova, an agricultural country.
20. A colony of 40,000 ants has [collectively] the same size brain as a human being.
21. Communists believe that all property must be owned [collectively].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Collect — • The name now used only for short prayers before the Epistle in the Mass, which occur again at Lauds, Terce, Sext, None, and Vespers Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Collect     Collect …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • collect — I (gather) verb accumulate, acquire, add to, aggregate, amalgamate, amass, assemble, bring to a common center, bring to a point of union, bring together, compile, concentrate, conferre, congerere, conglomerate, consolidate, convene, convocare,… …   Law dictionary

  • Collect — Col*lect (k[o^]l*l[e^]kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collecting}.] [L. collecrus, p. p. of collerige to bind together; col + legere to gather: cf. OF. collecter. See {Legend}, and cf. {Coil}, v. t., {Cull}, v. t.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • collect — collect1 [kə lekt′] vt. [ME collecten < OFr collecter < L collectus: see COLLECT2] 1. to gather together; assemble 2. to gather (stamps, books, etc.) as a hobby 3. to call for and receive (money) for (rent, a fund, taxes, bills, etc.) 4. to …   English World dictionary

  • Collect — Col lect, n. [LL. collecta, fr. L. collecta a collection in money; an assemblage, fr. collerige: cf. F. collecte. See {Collect}, v. t.] A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • collect — Ⅰ. collect [1] ► VERB 1) bring or gather together. 2) systematically acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby. 3) call for and take away; fetch. 4) call for and receive as a right or due. 5) (collect oneself) regain control of onese …   English terms dictionary

  • Collect — Col*lect , v. i. 1. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks. [1913 Webster] 2. To infer; to conclude. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Whence some collect that the former word imports a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • collect — (v.) early 15c. (trans.), from O.Fr. collecter to collect (late 14c.), from L. collectus, pp. of colligere gather together, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + legere to gather (see LECTURE (Cf. lecture) (n.)). The intransitive sense is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • collect — [v1] accumulate, come together aggregate, amass, array, assemble, cluster, compile, congregate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, flock, flock together, gather, get hold of, group, heap, hoard, muster, rally, rendezvous, round up,… …   New thesaurus

  • collect — *gather, assemble, congregate Analogous words: mass, *heap, pile: *accumulate, amass, hoard: consolidate, concentrate, *compact Antonyms: disperse: distribute Contrasted words: *scatter, dissipate, dispel: dispense, divide, deal, dole (see …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • collect — To pick up mail from collection boxes or customers …   Glossary of postal terms

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