Collection - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəˈlekʃn|  American pronunciation of the word collection
Brit.  |kəˈlekʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word collection

noun

- several things grouped together or considered as a whole (syn: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage)
- 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

noun
singular: collection
plural: collections
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