collect
part of speech
verb (collect, collects, collected, collecting)
meaning for a pupil
1) To collect is to gather things together into one place. tree →
2) To collect things as a hobby is to keep many things of one kind, like stamps, shells or cards. tree →
3) To collect someone is to go and pick them up. tree →
4) To collect money is to ask people for it and get it, like for a charity. tree →
sense in the lessons
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 →
- 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 →
- He collects 5 shells a day. tree →
- She collects stamps. tree →
- The class collected 300 cans. tree →
- How many does he collect in a week? tree →
- Dad collects me from school at 3 o'clock. tree →
- We collect rainwater in a barrel. tree →
- Please collect the pencils at the end of the lesson. tree →
- They collect money for the animal shelter. tree →
- Newell, who is collecting the English folk-tales that still remain current in New England. tree →
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 the corpora
- Bailiffs can collect money owed only after a court decision and many warnings, under strict rules, and cannot take essentials.
- People designed AI, collected its text, built its computers and trained it, so people are responsible for it.
- Photos posted publicly can be collected and used to make fakes; you may ask family not to post yours.
- Dandelion seeds float on tiny parachutes into pavement cracks, where dust and water collect, and a long taproot finds water deep down.
- Fizzy drinks are full of carbon dioxide gas, which collects in the stomach and comes back up as a burp.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «collect» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.