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Definition: Meaning of, collection in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kəˈlɛkʃ(ə)n /

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collection collections
  1. set/group [countable] a set of similar things that are kept or brought together because they are attractive or interesting [↪  collect, collector]
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  2. set/group [countable] a group of objects together in the same place
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  3. money [countable] the act of asking people to give you money for an organization that helps people, or during a church service, or the money collected in this way [↪  collect]
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  4. rent/debts/taxes [uncountable] the act of obtaining money that is owed to you [↪  collect, collector]
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  5. bringing together [uncountable] the act of bringing together things of the same type from different places to form a group [↪  collect]
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  6. taking something away [uncountable and countable] the act of taking something from a place [↪  collect]
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  7. fashion [countable] the clothes designed by a fashion company for a particular season
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  8. books/music [countable] several stories, poems, pieces of music etc that are in one book or on one record
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  9. people [countable usually singular] a group of people, especially people you think are strange or unusual in some way
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collection used in phrases

  • art collection (noun)
    1. a collection of art works
  • bottle collection (noun)
    1. a collection of bottles
    2. the activity of collecting bottles
  • coin collection (noun)
    1. a collection of coins
    2. and coins in particular the collection and study of money
  • collection box (noun)
    1. a container with a small hole in the top, that people put money for CHARITY into
  • collection plate (noun)
    1. a large, almost flat dish that you put money into during some religious services
  • garbage collection (noun)
    1. the collection and removal of garbage
  • loan collection (noun)
    1. a number of pictures loaned by their owners for exhibition
  • map collection (noun)
    1. a collection of maps in book form
  • rental collection (noun)
    1. a collection of books that can be rented by readers in return for a small daily fee
  • stamp collection (noun)
    1. a collection of stamps
    2. the collection and study of postage stamps
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