What part of speech is collecting?

Collecting can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. collecting is a verb, gerund of collect (infinitive).
  • 2. collecting is a noun, singular of collectings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does collecting mean?

Definitions

Verb

collect - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
collect - call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
collect - gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
collect - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
collect - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

Noun

collecting - the act of gathering something together

Examples of collecting

#   Sentence  
1. verb we are collecting a premium up front and their total cost is known up front.
2. verb Yoko is interested in collecting stamps.
3. verb Are you still collecting stamps?
4. verb Tom's hobby is collecting photos of cars.
5. verb John has been collecting stamps since he was a child.
6. verb They call women who make a hobby out of collecting Chanel goods "Chanellers".
7. verb One of my hobbies is collecting old stamps.
8. verb My hobby is collecting coins.
9. verb My hobby is collecting foreign stamps.
10. verb My hobby is collecting old bottles.
11. verb My hobby is collecting insects.
12. verb My hobby is stamp collecting.
13. verb My hobby is collecting stamps.
14. verb My daughter has taken up doll collecting.
15. verb I lost interest in collecting stamps.
16. adj. A collect call.
17. adj. The letter came collect.
18. adv. Call collect.
19. adv. Send a package collect.
Sentence  
verb
we are collecting a premium up front and their total cost is known up front.
Yoko is interested in collecting stamps.
Are you still collecting stamps?
Tom's hobby is collecting photos of cars.
John has been collecting stamps since he was a child.
They call women who make a hobby out of collecting Chanel goods "Chanellers".
One of my hobbies is collecting old stamps.
My hobby is collecting coins.
My hobby is collecting foreign stamps.
My hobby is collecting old bottles.
My hobby is collecting insects.
My hobby is stamp collecting.
My hobby is collecting stamps.
My daughter has taken up doll collecting.
I lost interest in collecting stamps.
adj.
A collect call.
The letter came collect.
adv.
Call collect.
Send a package collect.

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