1 to gather

2 to collect

1 to prevent

2 to guard against

3 to take precautions

1 to gather

2 to collect

3 collected works

4 classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode

1 to concentrate

2 to centralize

3 to focus

4 centralized

5 concentrated

6 to put together

1 group

2 bloc

3 corporation

4 conglomerate

1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case

2 prepared for any eventualities

1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)

1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies

1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies

1 you can't guard against it (idiom)

2 impossible to defend effectively

3 not much one can do about it

4 It can't be prevented.