[kəˈlɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bring or gather together (a number of things)
(e.g: he went round the office collecting old coffee cups)

- call for and take away; fetch
(e.g: the children were collected from school)

- regain control of oneself, typically after a shock
(e.g: he paused for a moment to take a breath, to collect himself)

- conclude; infer
(e.g: by all best conjectures, I collect Thou art to be my fatal enemy)

- cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves
(e.g: a rider should want to be able to collect a horse when hacking)

- collide with
(e.g: he lost control of the truck and collected two cats)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French collecter or medieval Latin collectare, from Latin collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’

[kəˈlɛkt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it
(e.g: a collect call)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French collecter or medieval Latin collectare, from Latin collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’

[kəˈlɛkt], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- (with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it
(e.g: I called my mother collect)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French collecter or medieval Latin collectare, from Latin collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’

[kəˈlɛkt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a winning bet


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French collecter or medieval Latin collectare, from Latin collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’

[ˈkɒlɛkt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in church use) a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French collecte, from Latin collecta ‘gathering’, feminine past participle of colligere ‘gather together’ (see collect)