Collection
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈlɛkʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Collection is a noun meaning A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
Meaning
A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
More Meanings
- (music) A set of pitch classes used by a composer.
- The activity of collecting.
- A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
- (law) Debt collection.
- (UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
- (set theory, topology, mathematical analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
- (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
Example Sentences
a purulent collection
collections of moisture
He has a superb coin collection.
He has a big collection of stamps.
Word Forms
- collections
Synonyms for collection
Depending on context, synonyms include compendium, assemblage, aggregation, appeal, solicitation, accumulation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include assemblage, collecting, assembling, aggregation, accumulation, compendium.
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