Collecting is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for COLLECTING in dictionary:

VERB:
• COLLECT, to bring together in a group
• come together and form a group
• systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby
• accumulate over a period of time
• call for and obtain (payments) from a number of people
• go somewhere and receive (something) as a right or award
• ask for and receive (charitable donations)
• bring or gather together (a number of things)
• call for and take away; fetch
• regain control of oneself, typically after a shock
• conclude; infer
• cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves
• collide with
• concentrate (one's thoughts)
NOUN:
• a winning bet.
• (in church use) a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season.
• the act of gathering something together
ADVERB:
• (with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it

Words related to COLLECTING

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Words that contain COLLECTING

collectings16 recollecting17 misrecollecting22

How to use COLLECTING in a sentence

• I have been collecting works pro and con on the Slavery question with a view of writing upon it.
• The frightened inmates lost no time, but hastily collecting some provisions, fled to the frontier, and were never heard of afterwards.
• I begin by collecting photographs of the persons with whom I propose to deal.
• The cart broke down suddenly, and the pigs escaped in all directions, and the efforts of a great number of country people were directed to collecting them.
• The pleasure derived from the aquarium comes from the excitement of finding and collecting specimens, as well as from watching the tank itself.
• She, a fine striking figure, in a folding drapery of white satin, is only to be seen from behind, but her whole bearing appears to signify that she is collecting herself.
• He had long been collecting troops from many of the most warlike nations, and had got together a force of several hundred thousand men.
• By going about and collecting money for these people you commit what is little short of a crime.
• After a good deal of inquiry, Kit succeeded in collecting eighteen of his old companions.
• During the summer and autumn they are busily occupied in fishing for salmon, and collecting their winter store of roots.
• We had only a weak force at Liege four days ago, for it is not possible to prepare for such a bold undertaking by collecting large masses of men.
• He was a taxgatherer, as Matthew once had been, and had grown rich collecting taxes.
• Collecting dry weeds, they managed to kindle a fire, and heated a stone which they placed at her feet.
• She had known no life but that of the open country, where she ran wild all summer, aiding her father in collecting plants and butterflies.
• This shows the importance of collecting the original Tablets that bear the Master’s signature.
• I got together a little body-guard in the village and we went off collecting stragglers by the way.
• Lord North asserted the right to collect the revenue, and insisted on collecting it by force.
• Upon collecting the remains of his little fortune, after these people had left him, Mr.
• They found a spot that seemed as good as any, and collecting some dry sticks built a camp fire and made themselves a supper.
• The rain seemed to fall in a solid mass, and instantly, collecting in the ravine, came rolling down in a dreadful current, carrying the mud, rocks, and everything that opposed it.
• During the summer and autumn they are busily occupied in fishing for salmon and collecting their winter store of roots.
• It is of all other situations about Simla the proper place for collecting.
• In all the great cities agencies to receive contributions were opened, and many of the newspapers undertook the task of collecting and forwarding supplies.
• The two following days were employed in collecting forage from different farm-houses.
• Then he arranged for a mad elephant to be let loose in the road at the time of collecting alms, but the Buddha calmed the furious beast.
• One time, after he had been collecting tribute, he happened to be lying alongside of a sailing canoe which was on board.

Similar words containing LLECT without suffix ing and without prefix co

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