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   collection

   /kəˈlɛkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of collecting someone or something: "the collection of data"
   • ▪ a regular removal of mail for dispatch or of refuse for disposal: "withdrawal of the Sunday collections"
   • ▪ an instance of collecting money in a church service or for a charity: "a collection is to be taken up for the Ecclesiastical Students Fund" Similar donationscontributionsgiftssubscription(s)almsinformal:whip-round
   • ▪ a sum of money raised during a church or charity collection. Similar offeringoffertorytithe
   • 2. a group of things or people: "a rambling collection of houses" Similar groupcrowdbodycompanytroupeassemblyassemblagegatheringthrongknotclusterhuddlemultitudebevypartynumberbandhordepackdroveflockswarmstreammobinformal:gangloadcrewgaggle
   • ▪ a group of accumulated items of a particular kind: "a record collection" Similar hoardpileheapstackgatheringstockstorestockpileaccumulationmassbuild-upreservesupplybankpoolfundminereservoirconglomerationcumulationaccrualaggregationaccretionagglomerateagglomerationrare:amassmentsetseriesarrayassortment
   • ▪ 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"
   • 3. college examinations held at the beginning or end of a term, especially at Oxford University. British

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

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   What does collection Mean?

   • 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. ...public services including mail delivery and garbage collection. If you organize a collection for charity, you collect money from people to give to charity.

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   What does collect mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! COLLECT definition: 1. to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby: 2. to go to a place and…. Learn more.

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   What is a collection of things?

   • A collectionof stories, poems, or articles is a number of them published in one book. He published a collection of short stories called 'Facing The Music'. A collectionof things is a group of things. A fashion designer's new collection consists of the new clothes they have designed for the next season.

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   What is a collection of money?

   • A collection is money that is given by people in church during some Christian services. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers It seems that your browser is blocking this video content. To access it, add this site to the exceptions or modify your security settings, then refresh this page.

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   What is data collection?

   • [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. The last collection from this postbox is at 5.15. Your suit will be ready for collection on Tuesday. There are some difficulties with the collection of reliable data.

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   What is a collection for charity?

   • If you organize a collection for charity, you collect money from people to give to charity. A collection is money that is given by people in church during some Christian services. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   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.

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   collections, the various holdings of an art museum organized by category, as painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, or film: the director of the collections. the clothes or other items produced by a designer, especially for a seasonal line: the spring collection.

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   The meaning of COLLECTION is the act or process of collecting. How to use collection in a sentence.

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   a group of objects of the same type that have been collected by one person or in one place: a private art collection. Fewer examples. The museum houses a huge collection of paintings. His book collection occupies most of the room. He bequeathed his art collection to the city of Glasgow.

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   COLLECTION meaning: 1 : the act or process of getting things from different places and bringing them together; 2 : a group of interesting or beautiful objects brought together in order to show or study them or as a hobby often + of sometimes used figuratively.