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col·lec·tion (kə lek′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act or process of collecting
  2. things collected, specif., as in a hobby a collection of stamps
  3. a mass or pile; accumulation
  4. money collected, as during a church service

Etymology: ME collecioun < L collectio

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collection Synonyms

collection

n.

  1. The act of collecting

    gathering, finding, making a collection, completing a collection, collecting, compilation, recovering, bringing together, searching for, assembling, amassing, compiling, acquisition, obtaining, securing, discovering, accumulating, acquiring, roundup; see also accumulation 1.

  2. That which has been collected

    accumulation, assortment, specimens, samples, examples, extracts, citations, models, corpus, agglomeration, pile, stack, group, assemblage, set, compilation, mass, quantity, selection, array, battery, treasury, anthology, omnibus, garland, medley, miscellany, hodgepodge, aggregation, combination, number, symposium, festschrift, ana, chrestomathy, compendium, collectanea, amassment, store, stock, cache, hoard, holdings, digest, arrangement, concentration, discoveries, finds, collation, batch, mess, lot, heap, bunch; see also gathering, heap.


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collection Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • essay: I opt for A Fly On The Water, a collection of essays many of which appeared in The Times.

Converse of object

  • edit: Her publications include reports, briefing papers and a co-authored chapter in an edited collection.

Adjective modifier

  • extensive: The ICAEW Library & Information Service holds an extensive collection of law cases in over 245 series of law reports.

Noun used with modifier

  • data: Where the data collection period exceeded 24 hours only the first 24 hours data were analyzed.
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collection quotes

This is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered in the White Houseöwith the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

-Kennedy,John F(itzgerald)

The most desirable mental state for a potential consumer†is a kind of free-floating anxietyand depression, combined with a nice collection of unrealistic goals and desires.

-Lurie, Alison

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