[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/collect/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / collect # collect verb (collect, collects, collected, collecting) «collect» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To collect is to gather things together into one place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#m1) 2. To collect things as a hobby is to keep many things of one kind, like stamps, shells or cards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#m2) 3. To collect someone is to go and pick them up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#m3) 4. To collect money is to ask people for it and get it, like for a charity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#m4) ### In the lessons maths: things gathered and added; often a rate per day (total = rate × days); science: collect data, collect leaves or rainwater; school: collect the books, collect money for a charity; everyday life: collect a child from school, collect the rubbish; phrases: «collect up», «collect your thoughts» ### Examples - He collects 5 shells a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x1) - She collects stamps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x2) - The class collected 300 cans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x3) - How many does he collect in a week? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x4) - Dad collects me from school at 3 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x5) - We collect rainwater in a barrel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x6) - Please collect the pencils at the end of the lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x7) - They collect money for the animal shelter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x8) - Newell, who is collecting the English folk-tales that still remain current in New England. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/#x9) ### Note Collecting adds; a rate per day gives a product. Trap: what is collected may later be given away. A week has 7 days, so 5 a day for a week is 35. A collection is what you collect. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, the thirtieth path is called the Collecting Intelligence. It is said to gather the powers of the stars and signs, so that astrologers could judge from them. In the primary lessons: maths: things gathered and added; often a rate per day (total = rate × days); science: collect data, collect leaves or rainwater; school: collect the books, collect money for a charity; everyday life: collect a child from school, collect the rubbish; phrases: «collect up», «collect your thoughts» ### Examples - The Thirtieth Path is the Collecting Intelligence, and is so-called because Astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the Stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science, according to the rules of their resolutions. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collect/#x1) - The Thirtieth Path is the Collecting Intelligence, and is so called because Astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the Stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science, according to the rules of their revolutions. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collect/#x2) ### Note Collecting adds; a rate per day gives a product. Trap: what is collected may later be given away. A week has 7 days, so 5 a day for a week is 35. A collection is what you collect. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «collect» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«collect» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/collect.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «collect» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collect/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«collect» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/collect.html) on Mova free.