COLLECT

(noun) a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
(verb) assemble or get together
"gather some stones", "pull your thoughts together"
synonyms : garner , gather , pull together
I had to garner a lot of courage to fame my parents after my split with my husband. -added by priyavanjeri
(verb) get or bring together
"accumulate evidence"
synonyms : pull in
(verb) call for and obtain payment of
"we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts", "he collected the rent"
synonyms : take in
(verb) get or gather together
"I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife", "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis", "She rolled up a small fortune"
synonyms : accumulate , amass , compile , hoard , pile up , roll up
(verb) gather or collect
"You can get the results on Monday", "She picked up the children at the day care center", "They pick up our trash twice a week"
synonyms : call for , gather up , pick up
(adverb) make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
"call collect", "send a package collect"
(adj.) payable by the recipient on delivery
"a collect call", "the letter came collect", "a COD parcel"
synonyms : cod

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