collecting

col-lect-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of collect; the action of gathering things together.

  2. 2.

    (as noun) The hobby or practice of accumulating items.

Related words

Antonyms: dispersing, distributing, scattering
See also: collect, collection, collector
Synonyms: accumulating, assembling, gathering

Etymology

From Latin colligere meaning "to gather together."