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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 is a collection example?

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   collection. A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time. Robert's collection of prints and paintings has been bought over the years. He made the mistake of leaving his valuable record collection with a former girlfriend.

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   something that is collected; a group of objects or an amount of material accumulated in one location, especially for some purpose or as a result of some process: a collection of unclaimed hats in the checkroom;

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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.