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The definition of a collection is a group of things or people gathered together.

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An example of a collection is someone gathering together five hundred baseball cards.

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See collection in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: ME collecioun < L collectio

See collection in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act or process of collecting.
A group of objects or works to be seen, studied, or kept together.
A line of products produced for one season, as those developed by a designer: promoted the summer collection in the store window.
An accumulation; a deposit: a collection of dust on the piano.
a. A collecting of money, as in church.
b. The sum so collected.

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