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sammeln — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accrue verb To increase, to rise
  • center noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
  • collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
  • collecting noun The hobby of seeking, acquiring, and organizing items of personal interest.
  • collection noun A group of things gathered together, often assembled with care or over time.
  • gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  • reap verb To cut and gather a crop, especially grain.

Senses

sammeln is used for these senses in English:

  • accrue (intransitive) To increase, to rise
  • accrue (transitive) To accumulate.
  • center (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
  • collect (transitive) To gather together; amass.
  • collect (transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
  • collect (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
  • collecting A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
  • collection The activity of collecting.

accrue — full definition

  1. verb To increase, to rise
  2. verb To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
  3. verb To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
  4. verb To accumulate.

center — full definition

  1. noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
  2. noun A building or place set up for a particular activity or purpose.
  3. noun The main topic, focus, or most important part of something.
  4. noun In sports such as basketball, hockey, or football, a player positioned in the middle of the field or court.
  5. noun The moderate political position, between left and right.

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