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(mental) breakdown, prostration, Colloq crack-up: He suffered a
mental collapse when his family was killed in a car crash.
colleague n. team-mate, fellow-worker, co-worker; associate, comrade,
ally, confrŠre, mate, consociate, Chiefly Brit and Australian
mate, US buddy: I have asked some of my colleagues from the
office to join us for dinner.
collect v. 1 gather (together), get or bring or come or together,
amass, accumulate, assemble, compile, pile up, heap up, rack up;
convene, congregate, converge, rally, meet: A crowd had
collected outside the mayor's home. They were collecting
evidence for their case. 2 summon (up), draw (up), muster,
gather (up), concentrate: She collected all her courage to ask
for an increase in salary.
collected adj. calm, serene, controlled, cool, sedate, composed,
nonchalant, poised, unruffled, unperturbed, at ease,
comfortable, tranquil, unexcited; imperturbable; confident:
Considering what she's just gone through, Tanya seems quite
collected.
collection
n. 1 collecting, gathering, solicitation, garnering, gleaning,
accumulation, amassment, aggregation, Colloq Brit whip-round:
The collection of donations in this neighbourhood is going well.
2 accumulation, hoard, store, assemblage, omnium gatherum;
anthology, chrestomathy: Would you like to come up to see my
collection of etchings? They have published some very
interesting collections.
collector n. gatherer, accumulator; connoisseur, art-lover: The rent
collector is coming tomorrow. We are collectors of paintings by
unknown artists.
collide v. 1 crash, strike or dash together: The cars collided at the
bridge. 2 collide with. crash into, smash into, run into, bump
into, smack into: The car collided with the bus at the
crossing.
collision n. smash-up, smash, crash, wreck, pile-up, Colloq Brit prang;
US crack-up: There has been a major collision on the Tring
road.