Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

collect

[kuh-lekt] / kəˈlɛkt /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Two pilots and two medical staff, both Canadian, had flown to Bermuda to collect a patient and their relative, Clarence Togeretz, director of flight operations at Latitude, told CBC News.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Hundreds of families were gathered at dawn to collect their relatives outside the base, where cars, taxis and buses were parked in ranks preparing to take them away, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

He and English co-driver Elliott Edmondson were also on course to win the final stage and collect a maximum 35 points for the weekend to take the title by two points.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Roman is already designed to collect this information for scientific observations, allowing engineers to use the same capability to help determine and maintain the telescope's precise position.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

More days passed, and then it was the afternoon of my date, so I went down to the tailoring room to collect my suit.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

During mating, the male collects the eggs using specialized appendages near the base of his head called 'ovigers'.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

In July, a Munich court ruled against Suno in a case brought by GEMA, which collects royalties for German songwriters and publishers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Felix, a food redistribution charity, collects surplus food from shops and other providers so that it is not thrown away or incinerated.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

JD users have to enroll in a John Deere operations center that collects farmers’ data and stores it in individual accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

My mom collects her bag and takes my hand.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

FedEx said it was the importer of 43% of the 53 million tariff entries collected by the government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

We said tuition “would be collected only if education is delivered, and it would be the policy of the school to refund all tuition payments for educational services that are not provided.”

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The former Sale winger weaved inside, having collected fly-half Brett Connon's excellent cut-out pass, to dive over for the opener.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The work was computational rather than based on newly collected patient samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

After the funeral the bamboo class collected Sadako’s letters and her journal and published them in a book.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

It also arranged his credit card statements in a spreadsheet and helped him pursue his hobby of collecting ceramic bowls, a task which strikes me as having a fairly small community of potential users.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

You don’t say when you started collecting Social Security.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

"This dataset represents decades of work by field researchers from around the world, collecting samples from some of the most remote places, from New Zealand to Madagascar," said Professor Teeling.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Americans can begin collecting Social Security between the age of 62 and 70, but their benefits generally go up the longer they wait to start.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Beth, who was collecting the scattered Author cards, looked up and said, in her shy yet friendly way, “I’m afraid you are tired. Can I do anything for you?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




Vocabulary lists containing collect


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training