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1. (n.) collection
the act of collecting.
2. collection
something that is collected, as a group of objects or an amount of material accumulated in one place:
a stamp collection; a collection of rainwater.
3. collection
the works of art, specimens, or other items collected for exhibit and study in a museum, and kept as part of its holdings.
4. collection
the clothes or other items produced by a designer, esp. for a specific season.
5. collection
a sum of money collected, esp. for church use.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L)
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| Definition of 'collection' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
2. (noun) collection, compendium
a publication containing a variety of works
3. (noun) solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
request for a sum of money
"an appeal to raise money for starving children"
4. (noun) collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
the act of gathering something together
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1. (noun) collection
a group of similar things
a stamp/book collection; a vast collection of modern art
2. collection
the act or process of getting money from people
a door-to-door collection; debt collection
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| Definition of 'collection' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) collection
the act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens
2. (noun) collection
that which is collected
3. (noun) collection
a gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons
4. (noun) collection
a gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings
5. (noun) collection
that which is obtained in payment of demands
6. (noun) collection
an accumulation of any substance
7. (noun) collection
the act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred
8. (noun) collection
the jurisdiction of a collector of excise
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| Definition of 'collection' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. collection
In intelligence usage, the acquisition of information and the provision of this information to processing elements. See also intelligence process.
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Sense: (an) act of collecting
Your letter won't get to London tomorrow; – you've missed the last collection (= of mail from a postbox) for today.
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Afrikaans: versameling |
Arabic: جَمْع، تَجْميع |
Bulgarian: събиране |
Brazilian: coleta |
Czech: vybírání (schránky), sbír |
German: die Abholung, die Leerung |
Danish: tømning |
Greek: συγκέντρωση, παραλαβή |
Spanish: recogida |
Estonian: kogumine |
Farsi: جمع آوری |
Finnish: keruu |
French: ramassage |
Hebrew: אִסוּף @@@אִיסוּף$$$ |
Hindi: संग्रहण |
Croatian: sabiranje, zbirka |
Hungarian: gyűjtés |
Indonesian: kumpulan |
Icelandic: (sam)söfnun |
Italian: levata |
Japanese: 集めること |
Korean: 수집 |
Lithuanian: surinkimas |
Latvian: savākšana |
Malay: mengambil |
Dutch: inzameling, lichting |
Norwegian: (inn)samling, avhenting, |
Polish: zbieranie, odbiór |
Persian: جمع آوری |
Pashto: جمع کیدل |
Portuguese: tiragem |
Romanian: colectare |
Russian: сбор; выемка |
Slovak: vyberanie pošty zo schrán |
Slovenian: pobiranje |
Serbian: sakupljanje |
Swedish: hämtning, [brevlåds]tömni |
Thai: การเก็บรวบรวม |
Turkish: olma, alınma |
Taiwanese: 收集 |
Ukrainian: збирання |
Urdu: جمع کرے کا عمل |
Vietnamese: sự thu gom |
Chinese: 收集 |
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