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Definitions for Collection
[1] the act of collecting.
[2] 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 stamp collection; a collection of unclaimed hats in the checkroom; a collection of books on Churchill.
[3] the works of art constituting the holdings of an art museum: a history of the museum and of the collection.
[4] the gathered or exhibited works of a single painter, sculptor, etc.: an excellent Picasso collection.
[5] 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.
[6] the clothes or other items produced by a designer, especially for a seasonal line: the spring collection.
[7] a sum of money collected, especially for charity or church use.
[8] Manège . act of bringing or coming into a collected attitude.
[9] the act or process of collecting
[10] a number of things collected or assembled together
[11] a selection of clothes, esp as presented by a particular designer for a specified season
[12] something gathered into a mass or pile; accumulation a collection of rubbish
[13] a sum of money collected or solicited, as in church
[14] removal, esp regular removal of letters from a postbox
[15] (often plural) (at Oxford University) a college examination or an oral report by a tutor
Words related to Collection
selection, compilation, number, set, assemblage, lot, assortment, store, gathering, crowd, cluster, digest, combination, anthology, pile, hoard, stock, levy, assembly, agglomeration
Words nearby Collection
collectanea, collected, collected edition, collectible, collecting tubule, collection, collection agency, collection box, collection plate, collective, collective agreement
Origin of Collection
1350–1400; Middle English colleccioun (< Anglo-French ) < Latin collēctiōn- (stem of collēctiō ), equivalent to collēct(us ) (past participle of colligere; see collect1) + -iōn- -ion
Other words from Collection
col·lec·tion·al , adjective
non·col·lec·tion , noun
pre·col·lec·tion , noun
sub·col·lec·tion , noun
Synonyms for Collection
assemblage, assortment, compilation, lot, number, selection, set, store, acquiring, acquisition, agglomeration, anthology, assembling, assembly, batch, caboodle, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, congeries, congregation, convocation, crowd, cumulation, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, mobilization, muster, omnibus, pile, quantity, stack, stock, stockpile, accumulating, amassing, amassment, bringing together, obtaining, securing