collection
the act of collecting.
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 stamp collection;a collection of unclaimed hats in the checkroom;a collection of books on Churchill.
the works of art constituting the holdings of an art museum: a history of the museum and of the collection.
the gathered or exhibited works of a single painter, sculptor, etc.: an excellent Picasso collection.
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.
a sum of money collected, especially for charity or church use.
Manège. act of bringing or coming into a collected attitude.
Origin of collection
1Other words for collection
Other words from collection
- col·lec·tion·al, adjective
- non·col·lec·tion, noun
- pre·col·lec·tion, noun
- sub·col·lec·tion, noun
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How to use collection in a sentence
So we had a collection that hit retail earlier this year that was more overt.
West Maui and a Kihei oceanfront rentalFrom the town of Paia, a tiny but charming collection of colorful shops and restaurants, we pointed the camper van west to Kahului then north along the island’s northeastern perimeter.
Google’s latest move to encourage lead form collection in SERPs without having customers ever leave Google made me think of the book this morning for some reason.
Is Google moving toward being search marketing’s point of singularity: Thursday’s daily brief | Carolyn Lyden | February 11, 2021 | Search Engine LandInstead of the CPUC monitoring debts and collections, it allowed companies to self-report what they owed.
Utility Companies Owe Millions to This State Regulatory Agency. The Problem? The Agency Can’t Track What It’s Owed. | by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation | February 10, 2021 | ProPublicaIt would be a meal with no real theme, a chaotic, drunken collection of my favorite foods.
The collection includes kimono capes and hand woven jump overalls.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech | Liza Foreman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSpeaking of the literature you love, the Bloomsbury writers crop up in your collection repeatedly.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2011, the rapper-turned-self parody debuted his first collection, Dw Kanye West.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture | Amy Zimmerman | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt houses more than 450,000 bottles of 15,000 elixirs within its collection valued at 25 million euros in 2009.
Check out our definitive collection of destinations on the rise for next year.
The collection in the Academy I thought much better, but still far enough behind similar galleries in Rome.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyAt length the great Pit Town collection was housed as it deserved to be.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsI have made a small collection of early stories, and some of them are interesting enough to be quoted.
Children's Ways | James SullyIn the collection and method used, considerable annoyances are experienced.
Outside Derby station was a ticket platform at which all incoming trains stopped for the collection of tickets.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for collection
/ (kəˈlɛkʃən) /
the act or process of collecting
a number of things collected or assembled together
a selection of clothes, esp as presented by a particular designer for a specified season
something gathered into a mass or pile; accumulation: a collection of rubbish
a sum of money collected or solicited, as in church
removal, esp regular removal of letters from a postbox
(often plural) (at Oxford University) a college examination or an oral report by a tutor
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