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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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   Synonyms for COLLECTION: group, array, accumulation, aggregation, batch, assemblage, set, heap, assortment, anthology, gathering, bevy, ana, bundle, compendium, mass, chrestomathy, pile, bunch, cluster, medley.

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   Synonyms for COLLECTIONS: libraries, assemblages, assortments, repertories, supplies, repertoires, arsenals, treasures; Antonyms of COLLECTIONS: piles, litters, heaps, jumbles, clutters, ragbags, bric-a-brac, items.

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   6 days ago · collection. 1 (noun) in the sense of accumulation. Definition. things collected or accumulated. He has gathered a large collection of prints and paintings over the years. Synonyms. accumulation. set. store. mass. pile. heap. stockpile. hoard. aggregate. congeries. See examples for synonyms. 2 (noun) in the sense of compilation. Definition.

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   Synonyms. Similar meaning. View all. gathering. group. assemblage. collecting. accumulation. assortment. bunch. aggregation. assembly. compilation. hoard. selection. heap. mass. crowd. pile. cluster. store. batch. collect. anthology. pack. array. compendium. throng. Antonyms. Opposite meaning. View all. Related. Common usage. View all.

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