collection

Noun

Meaning

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

That which is collected

A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.

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

That which is obtained in payment of demands.

An accumulation of any substance.

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

The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

assemblage group gathering compilation accumulation aggregation mass treasury assembly series set stock store crowd collecting
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Antonyms

army league senate legion jabber assembly
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Hypernyms

group publication request petition grouping postulation

Hyponyms

mass ana miscellany Asia Europe galaxy

Phrases with the word

collection agency data collection mixed collection motley collection collection of wives water collection

Examples

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Albert Einstein

The true University of these days is a Collection of Books. Thomas Carlyle

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. Thomas Carlyle

Everyone should contribute when collection is made. Swahili Proverb

James Kelly (1818). A Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs Explained and Made Intelligible to the English Reader. Rodwell and Martin. p. 43. Chinese Proverb

The collection is for the drowned sailors. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

collecting up collecting water collecting welfare payments collection agency collection bank collection box