As adjectives the difference between collect and noncollecting
is that
collect is to be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment while
noncollecting is not collecting (in various senses).
As a verb collect
is to gather together; amass.
As an adverb collect
is with payment due from the recipient.
As a noun collect
is (christianity) the prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the book of common prayer.
collect English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) collecten, from (etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
To gather together; amass.
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To get; particularly, get from someone.
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To accumulate a number of similar or related (objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
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To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare (gather), (get).)
* 1992 , (Hilary Mantel), A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, p. 292-3:
- the riot is so great that it is very difficult to collect what is being said.
* John Locke
- which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected .
To collect payments.
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To come together in a group or mass.
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To collect objects as a hobby.
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To infer; to conclude.
* South
- Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons.
Adjective
( -)
To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
- It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.
Adverb
( -)
With payment due from the recipient.
- I had to call collect .
Derived terms
* call collect
* collect one's thoughts
* collect one's wits
* collect up
* collectible
* collection
* collector
* recollect, recollection
Noun
(en noun) (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.
- He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.
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noncollecting English
Adjective
( -)
Not collecting (in various senses).
- a noncollecting art lover
- a noncollecting frother
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