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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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