Collection - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a publication containing a variety of works (syn: compendium)
- request for a sum of money (syn: appeal, ingathering, solicitation)
- the act of gathering something together (syn: aggregation, assembling, collecting)
Extra examples
The technology makes data collection easier.
There will be a trash collection this week.
The museum's collection is one of the best in the country.
We took up a collection for the school renovations.
Ten percent of the collection goes to the city's shelters for homeless people.
Every Christmas we have a collection for a local charity.
We'll be taking up a collection at the end of tonight's service.
Garbage collections are made every Tuesday morning.
Please collect your purchases from the customer collection point.
Donna Karen's new spring collection
There was an interesting collection of people at the wedding.
American Tissue Type Collection
American Type Culture Collection
European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures
National Collection of Type Cultures
Word forms
singular: collection
plural: collections
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