Antonyms for collecting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuh-lekt

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɛkt

Definition of collecting

Origin : early 15c. (transitive), from Old French collecter "to collect" (late 14c.), from Latin collectus, past participle of colligere "gather together," from com- "together" (see com-) + legere "to gather" (see lecture (n.)). The intransitive sense is attested from 1794. Related: Collected; collecting. As an adjective meaning "paid by the recipient" it is attested from 1893, originally with reference to telegrams.

verb accumulate, come together
verb obtain (money)

Example sentences :

While the village was being destroyed the enemy had been collecting.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Think of their all meeting me with it, on my collecting days, here and there and everywhere.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

She might have been up all night, collecting it for his entertainment.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Collecting my courage I set about to explore my surroundings.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

Collecting a force, they return to Frisia and kill Finn in his home.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous

He was collecting chassepots, and received five sous for every chassepot he brought in.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

I knew there would be no trouble in collecting this city's apportionment.
Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt

Captain Hunniwell, muttering to himself, watched the collecting process.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The bell was ringing, and a crowd was collecting in another part of the churchyard.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Boswell has some thoughts of collecting the stories and making a novel of his life.'
Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask

Synonyms for collecting

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