verzamelen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
- collection noun A group of things gathered together, often assembled with care or over time.
- confer verb To talk something over with others; to discuss and seek advice.
- gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
- glean verb To gather information or knowledge gradually, often bit by bit and with some effort.
- hoard noun A hidden store of valuable things, often kept secretly.
- rally noun A large public gathering held to show support for a cause, person, or team.
Senses
verzamelen is used for these senses in English:
- collect (transitive) To gather together; amass.
- collection The activity of collecting.
- confer (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.]
- gather (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
- glean To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.
- hoard (transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
- rally (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
- rally (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
collect — full definition
- verb To gather things together, often systematically.
- verb To go and get someone or something; to pick up.
- verb To receive payment that is owed.
collection — full definition
- noun A group of things gathered together, often assembled with care or over time.
- noun The act of gathering something, such as money or data.