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collecting
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collecting
n.
taking payments; gathering together from different places
collect
v.
gather; take payments (of money); assemble
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Collecting
The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector. The scope of collecting is unlimited: "If something exists, somebody somewhere collects them."
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collecting
Noun
1. the act of gathering something together
(synonym) collection, assembling, aggregation
(hypernym) grouping
(hyponym) agglomeration
(derivation) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
collect
Noun
1. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
(hypernym) prayer, petition, orison
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
(hypernym) store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
(hyponym) run up
(derivation) collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
2. call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
(synonym) take in
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) farm
(derivation) collector, gatherer, accumulator
3. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
(synonym) gather, garner, pull together
(hyponym) mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon
(derivation) collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
4. get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
(synonym) pull in
(hypernym) roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
(hyponym) archive, file away
(derivation) collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
5. 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"
(synonym) pick up, gather up, call for
(hypernym) get, acquire
Adjective
1. payment due by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
(synonym) cod
(similar) due, owed
Adverb
1. make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"
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collect
v.
sbírat; vybírat; shromáždit se; vyzvednout koho/co odkud; vzchopit se
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collect
Czas.
zbierać; zbierać; kolekcjonować; gromadzić się; odbierać; kwestować; pobierać opłaty; opanować (się); pozbierać myśli
