Definitions for collection
kəˈlɛk ʃəncol·lec·tion

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage(noun)

   several things grouped together or considered as a whole

2. collection, compendium(noun)

   a publication containing a variety of works

3. solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering(noun)

   request for a sum of money

   "an appeal to raise money for starving children"

4. collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation(noun)

   the act of gathering something together

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. collection(Noun)

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

2. collection(Noun)

   A set of sets.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Collection(noun)

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

2. Collection(noun)

   that which is collected

3. Collection(noun)

   a gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons

4. Collection(noun)

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

5. Collection(noun)

   that which is obtained in payment of demands

6. Collection(noun)

   an accumulation of any substance

7. Collection(noun)

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

8. Collection(noun)

   the jurisdiction of a collector of excise

Freebase(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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1. collection

   The act and process of to collect.

   The collection point at the shop was clearly identified.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

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

How to pronounce collection?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say collection in sign language?

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. Anuj Somany:

   The success of a movie is not really measured by the box office collection, but the connection made by its content actually on heart-to-heart basis with the audience.

2. Ron DeSantis:

   As soon as we get this stuff here or in Orlando we're getting it out, all of this stuff is in such short supply around the world and around our country, but particularly involving these collection swabs to take the samples. As soon as we get them we push them out. So we'll be pushing out a thousand swabs to Miami-Dade, another thousand swabs to Broward, another thousand swabs to Hillsborough( counties).

3. Andrew Brooks:

   It means we no longer have to put health care professionals at risk for infection by performing nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal collections, we can preserve precious personal protective equipment for use in patient care instead of testing. We can significantly increase the number of people tested each and every day as self-collection of saliva is more quick and scalable than swab collections.

4. Mandy McClure:

   The unexplained, and at times hostile, calls contributed to the delay in the Iowa Democratic Party's collection of results.

5. Matthiu Lamoure:

   A collection like this can't fail to arouse the passions of those who love automobiles, as well as art and history enthusiasts, never again, anywhere in the world, will such a treasure be unearthed.

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