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# collector

noun (a collector, collectors)

«collector» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A collector is a person who collects things of one kind as a hobby, such as stamps, coins, cards or shells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#m1)
2. A collector is a person whose job is to collect money or things, such as a tax collector, a ticket collector or a rubbish collector. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#m2)
3. In science and technology, a collector is a part that gathers something, such as a solar collector that gathers heat from the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories a collector is someone who keeps and treasures objects; in everyday life it names jobs that gather money or rubbish. In maths problems collectors often have a number of items that grow or shrink. Phrases: stamp collector, coin collector, debt collector, ticket collector, collector's item.

### Examples

- My uncle is a stamp collector with over two thousand stamps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#x1)
- The ticket collector checked our tickets on the train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#x2)
- A collector paid a lot of money for the old toy car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#x3)
- The rubbish collectors come every Tuesday morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#x4)
- This rare card is a real collector's item. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#x5)
- A solar collector on the roof warms the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#x6)
- The coin collector has 48 coins and buys 12 more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#x7)
- The lottery collector pressed me so hard that I thought I should crack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a collector, collectors. Spelling ends in «-or», not «-er». A «collector's item» is something rare that collectors want. In maths: «a collector has 48 cards and gets 12 more» means add (48 + 12 = 60); «sells» or «gives away» means subtract.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «collector» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«collector» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/collector.html) on Mova free.