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collect
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”), from Latin collecta (“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”), feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere, conligere (“to gather together, collect, consider, conclude, infer”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??l?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
collect (third-person singular simple present collects, present participle collecting, simple past and past participle collected)
- (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, now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
- 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Chapter XVII, section 20
- […] which consequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, page 292-3:
- the riot is so great that it is very difficult to collect what is being said.
- 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Chapter XVII, section 20
- (intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
- (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
- (transitive) To infer; to conclude.
- Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons.
- (transitive, of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
- The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.
Synonyms
- (to gather together): aggregate, gather up; see also Thesaurus:round up
- (to get from someone): receive, secure; see also Thesaurus:receive
- (to accumulate items for a hobby): amound, gather; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
- (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion): assume, construe
- (to collect payments):
- (to come together in a group or mass): group, mass, merge; see also Thesaurus:assemble or Thesaurus:coalesce
- (to collide with): bump into, plough into, run into
Hyponyms
- garbage collect
Translations
Adjective
collect (not comparable)
- To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
Translations
Adverb
collect (not comparable)
- With payment due from the recipient.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin ?r?ti? ad collectam (“prayer towards the congregation”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?l?kt/, /?k?l?kt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?l?kt/
Noun
collect (plural collects) (sometimes capitalized)
- (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
Translations
Further reading
- collect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- collect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- collect at OneLook Dictionary Search
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consolidate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin consolid?tus, from the verb consolid?, from solidus (“solid”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?s?l?de?t/
Verb
consolidate (third-person singular simple present consolidates, present participle consolidating, simple past and past participle consolidated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
- He consolidated his luggage into a single large bag.
- To make stronger or more solid.
- (finance) To pay off several debts with a single loan.
Coordinate terms
- (combine into a single unit): defragment
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
consolidate (comparative more consolidate, superlative most consolidate)
- (obsolete) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
- A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
Anagrams
- delocations
Italian
Verb
consolidate
- second-person plural present indicative of consolidare
- second-person plural imperative of consolidare
- feminine plural of consolidato
Anagrams
- ciondolaste
Latin
Verb
c?nsolid?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of c?nsolid?
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