col·lec·tion (k -l k shn)n. 1. The act or process of collecting. 2. A group of objects or works to be seen, studied, or kept together. 3. A line of products produced for one season, as those developed by a designer: promoted the summer collection in the store window. 4. An accumulation; a deposit: a collection of dust on the piano. 5. a. A collecting of money, as in church. b. The sum so collected. |
collection [kəˈlɛkʃən]
n
1. the act or process of collecting
2. a number of things collected or assembled together
3. (Clothing & Fashion) a selection of clothes, esp as presented by a particular designer for a specified season
4. something gathered into a mass or pile; accumulation a collection of rubbish
5. a sum of money collected or solicited, as in church
6. removal, esp regular removal of letters from a postbox
7. (Social Science / Education) (often plural) (at Oxford University) a college examination or an oral report by a tutor
Collection a gathering of objects or of persons, as works of art, literary materials, etc.; a quantity of anything collected together into a mass; an assemblage. See also accumulation.
Examples: collection of literary material, 1460; of floating vapours, 1747; of waters, 1697; of works of art, 1651.
In intelligence usage, the acquisition of information and the provision of this information to processing elements. See also intelligence process.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  collection - several things grouped together or considered as a wholeprocession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden" pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs string - a collection of objects threaded on a single strand wardrobe - collection of clothing belonging to one person wardrobe - collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company universe, population - (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" armamentarium - the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine art collection - a collection of art works backlog - an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services) battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests" block - a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" rule book, book - a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" book - a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game bottle collection - a collection of bottles; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window" coin collection - a collection of coins collage - any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories" content - everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" tout ensemble, ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole corpus - a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" tenantry - tenants of an estate considered as a group findings - a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes flagging - flagstones collectively; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place" flinders - bits and splinters and fragments; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage" pack - a complete collection of similar things deal, hand - the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" long suit - in a hand, the suit having the most cards herbarium - a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study stamp collection - a collection of stamps statuary - statues collectively sum total, summation, sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass gimmickry - a collection of gimmicks nuclear club - the nations possessing nuclear weapons cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other mass - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) combination - a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities congregation - an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" hit parade - a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind Judaica - historical and literary materials relating to Judaism kludge - a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together) |
| 2. | collection - a publication containing a variety of works publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution anthology - a collection of selected literary passages archives - collection of records especially about an institution compilation, digest - something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) | |
| 3. |  collection - request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"petition, request, postulation - a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority whip-round - (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose | |
| 4. |  collection - the act of gathering something togethergrouping - the activity of putting things together in groups agglomeration - the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating collation - assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence compiling, compilation - the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" bottle collection - the activity of collecting bottles; "bottle collection is a hobby of hers" conchology, shell collecting - the collection and study of mollusc shells coin collecting, numismatics, numismatology, coin collection - the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) pickup - the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" tax collection - the collection of taxes |
collection
noun
1. accumulation, set, store, mass, pile, heap, stockpile, hoard, congeries He has gathered a large collection of prints and paintings over the years.
2. accumulation, compilation, anthology Two years ago he published a collection of short stories.
3. group, company, crowd, gathering, assembly, cluster, congregation, assortment, assemblage A collection of people of all ages assembled to pay their respects.
4. gathering, acquisition, accumulation computer systems designed to speed up the collection of information
5. contribution, donation, alms I asked my headmaster if we could arrange a collection for the refugees.
Translations
collection [kəˈlekʃən]
A. N
1. (= act of collecting) [of post, rubbish] → recogida f; [of taxes] → recaudación f
to await collection → estar listo para ser recogido
to await collection → estar listo para ser recogido
2. (= things collected) [of pictures, stamps] → colección f (pej) → montón m
my CD collection → mi colección de CDs
my CD collection → mi colección de CDs
3. (= money) → colecta f
a collection for charity → una colecta para obras benéficas
to make a collection for → hacer una colecta a beneficio de
a collection for charity → una colecta para obras benéficas
to make a collection for → hacer una colecta a beneficio de
4. (= group of people) → grupo m
collection [kəˈlɛkʃən] n
[stories, poems] → recueil m
[designer] → collection f
[money] → collecte f, quête f
a collection for charity → une collecte pour une association caritative
a collection for charity → une collecte pour une association caritative
(in church) → tronc m
(portable) → caisse f
collection plate n (in church) → plateau m pour la quête
collection point n (in large store) → point m de retrait des achats
collection plate n (in church) → plateau m pour la quête
collection point n (in large store) → point m de retrait des achats
collection
n
(= group of people, objects) → Ansammlung f; (of stamps, coins etc) → Sammlung f; they’re an odd collection of people → das ist ein seltsamer Verein (inf)
(= collecting, of facts, information) → Zusammentragen nt; (of goods, person) → Abholung f; (of mail) → Abholung f; (from letter box) → Leerung f; (of stamps, coins) → Sammeln nt; (of money, jumble for charity) → Sammlung f; (in church) → Kollekte f; (of rent, fares) → Kassieren nt; (of taxes) → Einziehen nt; (of debts) → Eintreiben nt; the police organized the collection of all firearms → die Polizei ließ alle Schusswaffen einsammeln; to hold a collection for somebody/something → für jdn/etw eine Sammlung durchführen; bill for collection → Inkassowechsel m
(Fashion) → Kollektion f
collection [kəˈlɛkʃ/ən] n (of information) → raccolta; (of taxes) → riscossione f; (of refuse) → rimozione f; (of stamps) → collezione f, raccolta; (of miscellaneous objects, people) → miscuglio (Rel) → questua; (for charity) → colletta, raccolta (Post) → levata
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