collect — to bring or gather together from different places
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to bring or gather together from different places
Pronunciation (IPA): /kəˈlekt/
Example Sentences
- My grandmother collects ceramic cats, and now she has 847 of them staring at me during dinner.
- The professor asked us to collect information about climate change for our research project.
- Don't forget to collect your luggage before leaving the airport, unless you enjoy wearing the same clothes for a week.
collect
VERB[/kəˈlekt/]
to bring or gather together from different places
Mother and daughter collecting autumn leaves
Collect what you select, then protect what you collect!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The word derives from Latin collectus, the past participle of colligere, meaning 'to gather together' or 'to assemble'. The term originally referred to the physical act of bringing items into one place, as exemplified by medieval monks gathering manuscripts into monastic libraries.
Breakdown
com- (together) + legere (to gather, to choose, to select). The prefix com- means 'with' or 'together', while legere means 'to gather' or 'to pick', forming the sense of assembling multiple items into a unified whole.
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📝Examples
“My grandmother collects ceramic cats, and now she has 847 of them staring at me during dinner.”
“The professor asked us to collect information about climate change for our research project.”
“Don't forget to collect your luggage before leaving the airport, unless you enjoy wearing the same clothes for a week.”
“The charity organization collects donations to help children in need.”
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