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collection
[ kuh-lek-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of collecting.
- something that is collected; a group of objects or an amount of material accumulated in one location, especially for some purpose or as a result of some process: a collection of unclaimed hats in the checkroom;
a stamp collection;
a collection of unclaimed hats in the checkroom;
a collection of books on Churchill.
Synonyms: store, hoard, pile, heap, aggregation, accumulation, mass
- the works of art constituting the holdings of an art museum:
a history of the museum and of the collection.
- the gathered or exhibited works of a single painter, sculptor, etc.:
an excellent Picasso collection.
- collections, the various holdings of an art museum organized by category, as painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, or film:
the director of the collections.
- the clothes or other items produced by a designer, especially for a seasonal line:
the spring collection.
- a sum of money collected, especially for charity or church use.
Synonyms: alms, contribution(s)
- Manège. act of bringing or coming into a collected attitude.
collection
/ kəˈlɛkʃən /
noun
- the act or process of collecting
- a number of things collected or assembled together
- a selection of clothes, esp as presented by a particular designer for a specified season
- something gathered into a mass or pile; accumulation
a collection of rubbish
- a sum of money collected or solicited, as in church
- removal, esp regular removal of letters from a postbox
- often plural (at Oxford University) a college examination or an oral report by a tutor
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Other Words From
- col·lection·al adjective
- noncol·lection noun
- precol·lection noun
- subcol·lection noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collection1
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Example Sentences
The collection includes kimono capes and hand woven jump overalls.
Speaking of the literature you love, the Bloomsbury writers crop up in your collection repeatedly.
In 2011, the rapper-turned-self parody debuted his first collection, Dw Kanye West.
It houses more than 450,000 bottles of 15,000 elixirs within its collection valued at 25 million euros in 2009.
Check out our definitive collection of destinations on the rise for next year.
The collection in the Academy I thought much better, but still far enough behind similar galleries in Rome.
At length the great Pit Town collection was housed as it deserved to be.
I have made a small collection of early stories, and some of them are interesting enough to be quoted.
In the collection and method used, considerable annoyances are experienced.
Outside Derby station was a ticket platform at which all incoming trains stopped for the collection of tickets.
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