What does collection mean?

Definitions for collection
kəˈlɛk ʃəncol·lec·tion

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word collection.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblagenoun

    several things grouped together or considered as a whole

  2. collection, compendiumnoun

    a publication containing a variety of works

  3. solicitation, appeal, collection, ingatheringnoun

    request for a sum of money

    "an appeal to raise money for starving children"

  4. collection, collecting, assembling, aggregationnoun

    the act of gathering something together

Wiktionary

  1. collectionnoun

    A set of items or objects procured or gathered together by a person, group, or other agent.

  2. collectionnoun

    A set of sets.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Collectionnoun

    Etymology: from collect.

    No perjur’d knight desires to quit thy arms,
    Fairest collection of thy sex’s charms. Matthew Prior.

    The gallery is hung with a numerous collection of pictures. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    If once we descend unto probable collections, we are then in the territory where free and arbitrary determinations, the territory where human laws take place. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 8.

    It should be a weak collection, if whereas we say, that when Christ had overcome the sharpness of death, he then opened the kingdom of Heaven to all believers; a thing in such sort affirmed with circumstance, were taken as insinuating an opposite denial before that circumstance be accomplished. Richard Hooker.

    This label
    Is so from sense in hardness, that I can
    Make no collection of it. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    When she, from sundry arts, one skill doth draw;
    Gath’ring from divers fights, one act of war;
    From many cases like, one rule of law:
    These her collections, not the senses are. Davies.

ChatGPT

  1. collection

    A collection is a group or assemblage of items that share common features or characteristics, gathered systematically over a period of time. These items can be physical objects, data, information, or memories. The term can also refer to the activity of gathering or accumulating these items. Collections can be created for study, comparison, exhibition, or personal enjoyment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Collectionnoun

    the act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens

  2. Collectionnoun

    that which is collected

  3. Collectionnoun

    a gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons

  4. Collectionnoun

    a gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings

  5. Collectionnoun

    that which is obtained in payment of demands

  6. Collectionnoun

    an accumulation of any substance

  7. Collectionnoun

    the act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred

  8. Collectionnoun

    the jurisdiction of a collector of excise

Wikidata

  1. Collection

    Collection is a greatest hits album by Tracy Chapman, it features tracks from her first five studio albums. The tracks include her two U.S. Top Tens, "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason". Other charted singles on this album include "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Crossroads", "Telling Stories", and "Baby Can I Hold You".

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. collection

    In intelligence usage, the acquisition of information and the provision of this information to processing elements. See also intelligence process.

Editors Contribution

  1. collection

    a set of items


    Submitted by frank_taylor on November 6, 2022  


  2. collection

    The act and process of to collect.

    The collection point at the shop was clearly identified.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'collection' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1276

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'collection' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3074

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'collection' in Nouns Frequency: #468

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of collection in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of collection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of collection in a Sentence

  1. James Taylor:

    I've always had songs that I grew up with that I remember really well that were part of the family record collection, and then I basically had a sort of a sense of how to approach, so it was natural for us to sort of put this project together,' American Standard.'.

  2. Tracey Nicol-Lewis:

    I still can't believe that I have much in my collection, when it's all around your room and you see it every day, it's only when someone comes in and sees it and they're like 'oh that's a lot!’.

  3. Eric Lucero:

    Insurance companies have to make their evaluations on a formula with such criteria as to whether police or fighters can respond promptly, but that is no longer the case in Minneapolis. That means increased insurance rates not only for commercial properties but residential ones, too, so that means property value will go down, the tax rate decreases, and less tax collection means such things as school districts and education will really suffer.

  4. Cecilia Bembibre:

    Since the space has been undergoing important conservation work in the last few years, and the collection was removed, it is reasonable to assume the scent has gone, now the preservation kit we created…(is) now the only existing archive of a lost heritage smell.

  5. Eleri Lynn:

    Not only is the 'Travolta' dress a fantastic example of couture tailoring designed to dazzle on a state occasion, it represents a key moment in the story of twentieth century royal fashion, we're delighted to have acquired this iconic evening gown for the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection - a designated collection of national and international importance - over twenty years since it first left Kensington Palace.

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