'Collecting' definitions:
Definition of 'collecting'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Collecting'
From: GCIDE
- Collect \Col*lect"\ (k[o^]l*l[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collected; p. pr. & vb. n. Collecting.] [L. collecrus, p. p. of collerige to bind together; col- + legere to gather: cf. OF. collecter. See Legend, and cf. Coil, v. t., Cull, v. t.]
- 1. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. [1913 Webster]
- A band of men Collected choicely from each country. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. --Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. [Archaic.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- To collect one's self, to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.
- Syn: To gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate; garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Collecting'
- Collect,
- Collected,
- Collectedly,
- Collectible,
- Collection,
- Collectional,
- Collective,
- Collectively,
- Collectiveness,
- Collectivity,
- collectable,
- Collective fruit,
- art collection,
- bottle collection,
- coin collecting,
- coin collection,
- collect call,
- collect on delivery,
- collection agent,
- collection basket,
- collection plate,
- collective agreement,
- collective bargaining,
- collective farm,
- collective noun,
- collective security,
- garbage collection,
- loan collection,
- map collection,
- motley collection,
- rental collection,
- shell collecting,
- stamp collecting,
- stamp collection,
- tax collection,
- trash collection,
- Re-collect,
- To collect one's self,
- self-collected