"collect" meaning in English

See collect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kəˈlɛkt/ Audio: en-us-collect.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-collect.wav [UK] Forms: collect [canonical], collects [third-person, singular], collected [past], collected [past, participle], collecting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you collect some things, you bring them together as a group.
    Sense id: simple-collect-en-verb-WUQCULhz
     
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          "text": "The study collected data from 562 mothers in the hospital."
        },
        {
          "text": "The rain collected in a pool."
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