集める — meaning in English

English meaning

• assemble verb To fit or put pieces together to make something whole.
• collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
• collector noun A person who collects items, often as a hobby.
• gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.

Senses

集める is used for these senses in English:

• assemble (transitive) To put together.
• collect (transitive) To gather together; amass.
• collector A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
• 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.

assemble — full definition

1. verb To fit or put pieces together to make something whole.
2. verb To gather together as a group.

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.

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