収集 — meaning in English

English meaning

• collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
• gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.

Senses

収集 is used for these senses in English:

• collect (transitive) To gather together; amass.
• 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.

collect — full definition

1. verb To gather things together, often systematically.
2. verb To go and get someone or something; to pick up.
3. verb To receive payment that is owed.

gather — full definition

1. verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
2. verb To collect or accumulate something gradually.
3. verb To conclude or infer something from information available.

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