collect Значение & определение

Значение на collect на български

• 0 to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby:

  • She collects dolls.

  • So when did you start collecting antique glass?

• 1 to go to a place and bring someone or something away from it:

  • Your shoes will be repaired and ready for you to collect on Thursday.

  • I'll collect you from the station.

• 2 to bring something together from different places or over a period of time:

  • After the party I collected (up) bottles from various parts of the house.

  • These china ornaments just collect dust.

• 3 to ask people to give you money for something, for example a charity:

  • We're collecting (money) for the homeless.

  • The state collected about $1.2 million in taxes in January.

• 4 to come together from different places or over a period of time:

  • A large crowd of reporters collected outside the prime minister's house.

  • Rainwater collects in the barrel in the garden.

• 5 to get control of your feelings and thoughts, especially after shock, surprise, or laughter:

  • I was so stunned by what he'd said I had to collect myself before I could reply.

• 6 a short prayer that is said during some Christian religious ceremonies

• 7 When you call collect or make a collect phone call, the person you call pays for the call:

  • I'd like to make a collect call.

  • She called me collect.

• 8 to come or bring together from a variety of places or over a period of time:

  • [ I ] A crowd of people soon collected at the scene of the accident.

  • [ T ] Information about employment is collected from every state.

  • [ T ] I’ve got three kids who collect football cards.

• 9 to receive money that you are owed or have earned:

  • [ T ] You can begin to collect benefits under Social Security at age 62.

• 10 (of a telephone call or the act of calling) done in a way that will be paid by the person receiving it:

  • a collect call

  • You can call me collect.

• 11 to buy and keep a particular type of thing as a hobby or an investment:

  • She mostly collects American art.

• 12 to bring information together from different places:

  • collect information/data/evidence Market research companies collect data on consumers' preferences.

• 13 to ask for and get money that is owed:

  • collect debts/fees/payments/taxes Collecting taxes on services is tricky, and e-commerce can only make it harder.

  • collect revenue/rent Why not buy a property and collect the rent yourself?

• 14 to receive a payment that you have a right to have:

  • collect insurance/a pension/social security Employees with more than 20 years service can collect a full pension.

  • collect on insurance/an investment When he died, she collected on his life insurance.

• 15 to arrange for the amount written on a cheque to be paid out of a bank account:

  • When a bank clerk indorses a check, the bank collecting the check guarantees that the indorsement is genuine.

• 16 if someone phones collect or makes a collect phone call, the person they phone pays for the call:

  • Computer-based phone dialing equipment makes it possible to place a collect call without using an operator.