Collect
Collect verb - To come together into one body or place.
Usage example: a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon
Meet is a synonym for collect in assemble topic. In some cases you can use "Meet" instead a verb "Collect", when it comes to topics like gather, fetch, group, come together.
Meet
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When the Kingpin tries to collect the device from them, they flee, and in the ensuing flight, they activate the device, which ends up sending them back in time to 1907, where they meet a similar group of runaways, one of whom, Lillie Mc Gurty, hits it off with Victor.
Source: Set Right What Once Went Wrong - Then another dwarf may try to collect the loot of both dwarfs, and meet the same demise.
Source: If You Die, I Call Your Stuff - And when he is killed and Satan comes to collect...the Emperor uses this power to meet Satan in combat and kills him dead, then goes on to conquer hell itself.
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