collection

[ kuh-lek-shuhn ]

/ kəˈlɛk ʃən /

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noun

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR collection

2 accumulation, aggregation, mass, heap, pile, hoard, store.

7 contribution(s), alms.

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Origin of collection

1350–1400; Middle English colleccioun (<Anglo-French ) <Latin collēctiōn- (stem of collēctiō), equivalent to collēct(us) (past participle of colligere;see collect¹) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM collection

col·lec·tion·al, adjectivenon·col·lec·tion, nounpre·col·lec·tion, nounsub·col·lec·tion, noun

Words nearby collection

collect call, collected, collected edition, collectible, collecting tubule, collection, collection agency, collection box, collection plate, collective, collective agreement

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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.
How Hallmark is handling pandemic Valentine’s Day|Luke Winkie|February 12, 2021|Vox
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.
A Maui vacation in three acts|Alex Pulaski|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
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 Land
Instead 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|ProPublica

It would be a meal with no real theme, a chaotic, drunken collection of my favorite foods.
Love, Loneliness, and the Chicken in My Freezer|Elazar Sontag|February 9, 2021|Eater
The collection includes kimono capes and hand woven jump overalls.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Speaking 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|DAILY BEAST
In 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|DAILY BEAST
It houses more than 450,000 bottles of 15,000 elixirs within its collection valued at 25 million euros in 2009.
Inside The World’s 10 Oldest Restaurants|Justin Jones|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Check out our definitive collection of destinations on the rise for next year.
Next Stop, Quito: Our Top Cities for 2015|Brandon Presser|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The collection in the Academy I thought much better, but still far enough behind similar galleries in Rome.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
At length the great Pit Town collection was housed as it deserved to be.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
I have made a small collection of early stories, and some of them are interesting enough to be quoted.
Children's Ways|James Sully
In the collection and method used, considerable annoyances are experienced.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
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

collection

/ (kəˈlɛkʃən) /

noun

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; accumulationa 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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