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noun
- 1. the action or process of collecting someone or something: "the collection of data"
- 2. a group of things or people: "a rambling collection of houses" Similar
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COLLECTION definition: 1. a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in one place: 2. an…. Learn more.
Collection is the act of collecting something from a place or from people. Money can be sent to any one of 22,000 agents worldwide for collection. ...computer systems to speed up collection of information. [ + of] ...public services including mail delivery and garbage collection.
A collection is a group of things, often a group created by someone. For example, many kids have a collection of comic books. Notice the word collect in collection. If you like to collect — that is, gather — things, chances are you might have a collection of some sort.
1. : the act or process of collecting. the collection of data. the collection of taxes. 2. a. : something collected. especially : an accumulation of objects gathered for study, comparison, or exhibition or as a hobby. a collection of poems. a collection of photographs. a baseball card collection. b. : group, aggregate.
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.
a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in one place: a private art collection. a valuable stamp collection. [ C ] an amount of money collected from several people, or the act of collecting money: have a collection UK We're having a collection for Tom's retirement present. B1 [ C ] a lot of things or people:
Definition of collection noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing col‧lec‧tion /kəˈlekʃən/ S2 W1 noun 1 set/group [ countable] a) a set of similar things that are kept or brought together because they are attractive or interesting → collect, collector a stamp collection my record collection collection of a coll...
a group of objects of the same type that have been collected by one person or in one place: a private art collection. Fewer examples. The museum houses a huge collection of paintings. His book collection occupies most of the room. He bequeathed his art collection to the city of Glasgow.
1. the act of collecting. 2. something that is collected, as a group of objects or an amount of material accumulated in one place: a stamp collection; a collection of rainwater. 3. the works of art, specimens, or other items collected for exhibit and study in a museum, and kept as part of its holdings.
