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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.
noun. us / kəˈlek.ʃ ə n / uk / kəˈlek.ʃ ə n / collection noun (THINGS TOGETHER) Add to word list. B1 [ C ] 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:
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.
- [countable] a group of objects, often of the same sort, that have been collected. He wanted to share his vast art collection with the world. a stamp/coin/record collection.
- [countable] a group of objects or people. There was a collection of books and shoes on the floor. There is always a strange collection of runners in the London Marathon.
- [countable, uncountable] an act of taking something away from a place; an act of bringing things together into one place. The first stage in research is data collection.
- [countable] a group of poems, stories or pieces of music published together as one book, etc. a collection of stories by women writers. a collection of favourite Christmas music.
the process of bringing information together from different places: We make software and bar-code products for data collection. [ C ] a group of objects that someone has collected as a hobby or investment: an antiques / book / coin, etc. 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 day ago · 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.
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