Definitions for collection
kəˈlɛk ʃəncol·lec·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Collectionnoun

   Etymology: from collect.

   1. The act of gathering together.2. An assemblage; the things gathered.

   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.

   3. The act of deducing consequences; ratiocination; discourse. This sense is now scarce in use.

   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.

   4. A corollary; a consectary deduced from premises; deduction; consequence.

   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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. collection

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

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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  

Matched Categories

1. • Group
   • Publication
   • Request

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce collection?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Census Director Steve Dillingham:

   During post-collection processing, certain processing anomalies have been discovered. These types of processing anomalies have occurred in past censuses.

2. Devin Nunes:

   This is a normal, incidental collection, based on what I could collect, this appears to be all legally collected foreign intelligence under.

3. Bashar Assaf:

   They changed it to 'Four Stages of Love' for a Dubai fashion show, sometimes it's better if a client doesn't know about the inspiration for a collection.

4. Giorgio Armani:

   The R-EA capsule collection has been made with recycled fabrics and materials, as it has already been done for Emporio men's line.

5. Craig Orr:

   He did a thorough job of restoring the collection, what immediately struck us was that he had more than 200 posters – or handbills that were handed out and posted around town [before a troupe came in].

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=collection
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Collection
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=collection
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collection
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=collection
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=collection