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collect
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of COLLECT
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to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass <dust has been collecting under my bed for years>
Synonyms accrete, accumulate, amass, build up, concentrate, conglomerate, gather, mass, pile (up), stack (up)
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to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list <collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines>
Synonyms anthologize, collect
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to bring together in one body or place <she collects antique silverware>
Synonyms accumulate, amass, assemble, bulk (up), collect, concentrate, congregate, constellate, corral, garner, group, lump, pick up, round up
Related Words ball, batch, bunch, cluster, huddle; heap, pile, stack; band, brigade, muster, raise, rally; flock, herd, hive, pack, press, swarm, throng; combine, connect, join, link, merge, pool, unite; archive, arrange, collate, compile, organize, systematize; scrape (up or together); re-collect, regather, regroup
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to come together into one body or place <a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon>
Synonyms cluster, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, forgather (or foregather), gather, meet, rendezvous
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