Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)With payment due from the recipient.
I had to call collect.
- make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
Examples
747 sentencesMy hobby is collecting old bottles.
Моє хобі — збирання старих пляшок. — deniko
ruМоё хобби - коллекционирование старинных бутылок. — marafon
deMein Hobby ist es, alte Flaschen zu sammeln. — lilygilder
I collect dolls from different countries.
Я збираю ляльок з різних країн. — shanghainese
ruЯ коллекционирую кукол из разных стран. — Lenin_1917
I collect stamps as a hobby.
Я збираю марки в якості хобі. — deniko
ruЯ собираю марки в качестве хобби. — Patissier
deIch sammle Briefmarken als Hobby. — al_ex_an_der
His hobby is collecting strange butterflies.
Його хобі - колекціонування незвичайних метеликів. — ChickenKiev
ruЕго хобби - коллекционирование необычных бабочек. — marafon
My hobby is collecting old coins.
Моє хоббі — колекціонувати старі монети. — quez
ruМоё хобби — собирать старинные монеты. — Hellerick
deMein Hobby ist das Sammeln alter Münzen. — samueldora
Origin
From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval LatinFrom 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”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).
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Word family
23 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- collecting stamps
- hobby is collecting
- collecting old coins
- is collecting stamps
- collecting old
- is collecting old
- collecting data