He went around the neighborhood collecting signatures.
collecting
His hobby is collecting old stamps.
collecting
His hobby is collecting stamps.
collecting
His hobby is collecting strange butterflies.
collecting
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.
[集思广益 / 集思廣益, jí sī guǎng yìㄐㄧˊ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄧˋ] collecting opinions is of wide benefit (成语 saw); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit; to profit from widespread suggestions#35269