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
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblagenoun
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
collection, compendiumnoun
a publication containing a variety of works
solicitation, appeal, collection, ingatheringnoun
request for a sum of money
"an appeal to raise money for starving children"
collection, collecting, assembling, aggregationnoun
the act of gathering something together
Wiktionary
collectionnoun
A set of items or objects procured or gathered together by a person, group, or other agent.
collectionnoun
A set of sets.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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
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
Collectionnoun
the act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens
Collectionnoun
that which is collected
Collectionnoun
a gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons
Collectionnoun
a gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings
Collectionnoun
that which is obtained in payment of demands
Collectionnoun
an accumulation of any substance
Collectionnoun
the act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred
Collectionnoun
the jurisdiction of a collector of excise
Wikidata
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
collection
In intelligence usage, the acquisition of information and the provision of this information to processing elements. See also intelligence process.
Editors Contribution
collection
a set of items
Submitted by frank_taylor on November 6, 2022
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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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'collection' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1276
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'collection' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3074
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'collection' in Nouns Frequency: #468
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of collection in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of collection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of collection in a Sentence
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.'.
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!’.
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.
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.
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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- جمعArabic
- kolleksiyaAzerbaijani
- събиране, колекция, сбор, сбиркаBulgarian
- col·leccióCatalan, Valencian
- sběr, sbírkaCzech
- CasgliadWelsh
- samling, indsamlingDanish
- Kollektion, Sammeln, Abholung, Menge, Einsammlung, SammlungGerman
- συλλογήGreek
- kolektoEsperanto
- colección, recogida, conjunto, recolecciónSpanish
- kogu, kogumineEstonian
- کلکسیونPersian
- keräys, kerääminen, keräily, kokoelmaFinnish
- collectionFrench
- tiomsúIrish
- cruinneachadhScottish Gaelic
- איסוף, אוסףHebrew
- संग्रहHindi
- kollekció, gyűjtemény, gyűjtésHungarian
- հավաքածուArmenian
- koleksiIndonesian
- raccolta, collezioneItalian
- コレクションJapanese
- კრებულიGeorgian
- 수집Korean
- congestus, congeriēs, collēctusLatin
- kolekcija, vākšana, ievākšana, krājumsLatvian
- samling, kolleksjonNorwegian
- verzameling, collectieDutch
- kolleksjon, samlingNorwegian Nynorsk
- coleção, coletaPortuguese
- colecție, colectareRomanian
- собрание, коллекция, сборникRussian
- zbȋrka, skupljanjeSerbo-Croatian
- zbirkaSlovene
- samla, samlingSwedish
- సమూహము, సేకరణTelugu
- เหล่าThai
- toplama, koleksiyonTurkish
- bộ sưu tậpVietnamese
- konletam, konletVolapük
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