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collect

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1. collect - Noun

2. collect - Adjective

3. collect - Verb

4. collect - Adverb

5. collect - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.

To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.

To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

To infer; to conclude.

A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. Antoine de Saint Exupéry

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back. Charles Krauthammer

When the deal is done, discuss it no more; it is difficult to collect dispersed water. Chinese Proverb

Collect promptly, pay slowly; who knows, in case of an accident, you'll pay nothing. Sicilian Proverb

When it rains, collect the water. Myanmar Proverb

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