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   Col·lec·tion

   /kəˈlekSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of collecting someone or something: "the collection of maple sap"
   • ▪ a regular removal of mail for dispatch or of trash for disposal: "withdrawal of the Sunday collections"
   • ▪ an instance of collecting money in a church service or for a charitable cause: "when she died, they took up a collection for her burial" Similar donationscontributionsgiftssubscription(s)almsinformal:whip-round
   • ▪ a sum of money raised by a charity collection. Similar offeringoffertorytithe
   • 2. a group of things or people: "a rambling collection of houses" Similar groupcrowdbodycompanytroupeassemblyassemblagegatheringthrongknotclusterhuddlemultitudebevypartynumberbandhordepackdroveflockswarmstreammobinformal:gangloadcrewgaggle
   • ▪ an assembly of items such as works of art, pieces of writing, or natural objects, especially one systematically ordered: "a record collection" Similar hoardpileheapstackgatheringstockstorestockpileaccumulationmassbuildupreservesupplybankpoolfundminereservoirconglomerationcumulationaccrualaggregationaccretionagglomerateagglomerationrare:amassmentsetseriesarrayassortment
   • ▪ an art museum's holdings organized by medium, such as sculpture, painting, or photography.
   • ▪ a book or recording containing various texts, poems, songs, etc.: "a collection of essays" Similar anthologyselectioncompendiumtreasurycompilationmiscellanymiscellaneapot-pourricollected worksarchaic:garlandrare:analectscollectaneaanaflorilegiumspicilege
   • ▪ a range of new clothes produced by a fashion house: "a preview of their autumn collection"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin collectio(n-), from colligere ‘gather together’ (see collect1).

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