What does collection mean?
Definitions for collection
kəˈlɛk ʃəncol·lec·tion
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word collection.
Princeton's WordNet
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage(noun)
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
collection, compendium(noun)
a publication containing a variety of works
solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering(noun)
request for a sum of money
"an appeal to raise money for starving children"
collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation(noun)
the act of gathering something together
Wiktionary
collection(Noun)
A set of items or objects procured or gathered together by a person, group, or other agent.
collection(Noun)
A set of sets.
Webster Dictionary
Collection(noun)
the act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens
Collection(noun)
that which is collected
Collection(noun)
a gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons
Collection(noun)
a gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings
Collection(noun)
that which is obtained in payment of demands
Collection(noun)
an accumulation of any substance
Collection(noun)
the act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred
Collection(noun)
the jurisdiction of a collector of excise
Freebase
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.
British National Corpus
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
This is a very unique collection.
It was never based on real cost collection.
National Intelligence James Clapper:
We call this new paradigm immaculate collection.
I know his collection would not want to be broken up.
This is a collection for all women who walk their own path.
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Translations for collection
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- جمعArabic
- kolleksiyaAzerbaijani
- сбор, колекция, събиране, сбиркаBulgarian
- col·leccióCatalan, Valencian
- sběr, sbírkaCzech
- CasgliadWelsh
- samling, indsamlingDanish
- Einsammlung, Sammlung, Menge, Abholung, Sammeln, KollektionGerman
- συλλογήGreek
- colección, recogida, recolección, conjuntoSpanish
- kogu, kogumineEstonian
- کلکسیونPersian
- kerääminen, keräily, keräys, kokoelmaFinnish
- collectionFrench
- tiomsúIrish
- cruinneachadhScottish Gaelic
- אוסף, איסוףHebrew
- संग्रहHindi
- gyűjtés, gyűjtemény, kollekcióHungarian
- հավաքածուArmenian
- raccolta, collezioneItalian
- コレクションJapanese
- კრებულიGeorgian
- 수집Korean
- congestus, collēctus, congeriēsLatin
- krājums, kolekcija, vākšana, ievākšanaLatvian
- samling, kolleksjonNorwegian
- collectie, verzamelingDutch
- samling, kolleksjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- coleção, coletaPortuguese
- colectare, colecțieRomanian
- сборник, коллекция, собраниеRussian
- skupljanje, zbȋrkaSerbo-Croatian
- zbirkaSlovene
- samling, samlaSwedish
- సమూహము, సేకరణTelugu
- เหล่าThai
- toplama, koleksiyonTurkish
- bộ sưu tậpVietnamese
- konlet, konletamVolapük
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