collection

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(US) IPA: /kəˈlɛkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /k@"lEkS@n/
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Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

collection (plural collections)

A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk.

The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
  Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
- Whewell
  Collections of moisture.
- Dunglison
  A purulent collection.
Multiple related objects associated as a group.
He has a superb coin collection.
The activity of collecting.
Collection of trash will occur every Thursday.
(topology, analysis) A set of sets.
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
(obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
- Milton
  We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines.
(UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

Derived terms

Terms derived from collection

Translations

set of items

Arabic: جمع (ar) (jama3a) f
Armenian: հավաքածու (hy) (havak’açu)
Azeri: kolleksiya (az)
Bulgarian: сбор (bg) (sbor) m, събиране (bg) (sǎbirane) n
Catalan: col·lecció (ca) f
Czech: sbírka (cs) f
Danish: samling (da)
Dutch: collectie (nl) f
Estonian: kogu (et)
Finnish: kokoelma (fi)
French: collection (fr)
Georgian: კრებული (ka) (krebuli)
German: Sammlung (de) f, Kollektion (de) f
Greek: συλλογή (el) (syllogí) f
Hebrew: אוסף (he) (osef) m
Hungarian: gyűjtemény (hu), kollekció (hu)
Italian: raccolta (it) f, collezione (it) f
Japanese: コレクション (ja) (korekushon)

Korean: 수집 (ko) (sujip)
Latin: collēctus (la) m, congeriēs (la) f, congestus (la) m
Latvian: krājums (lv), kolekcija (lv)
Mandarin: 集 (cmn) (jí)
Portuguese: coleção (pt) f
Romanian: colectare (ro) f, colecție (ro) f
Russian: коллекция (ru) (kollékcija) f, собрание (ru) (sobránije) n
Scottish Gaelic: cruinneachadh (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: zbȋrka (sh) f
Slovene: zbirka (sl)
Spanish: colección (es) f
Swedish: samling (sv)
Telugu: సేకరణ (te) (sEkaraNa)
Thai: เหล่า (th) (lào)
Turkish: toplama (tr), koleksiyon (tr)
Vietnamese: bộ sưu tập (vi)
Volapük: konlet (vo)
Welsh: Casgliad (cy) f

multiple related objects

Armenian: հավաքածու (hy) (havak’açu)
Bulgarian: сбирка (bg) (sbirka) f, колекция (bg) (kolekcija) f
Danish: samling (da)
Finnish: kokoelma (fi)
French: collection (fr) f
German: Sammlung (de) f, Kollektion (de) f, Menge (de) f
Hungarian: gyűjtemény (hu)
Italian: raccolta (it) f, collezione (it) f
Latvian: krājums (lv), kolekcija (lv)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: samling (no) m and f, (new clothes) kolleksjon (no) m

Nynorsk: samling (nn) f, (new clothes) kolleksjon (nn) m

Portuguese: coleção (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: cruinneachadh (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: zbȋrka (sh) f
Spanish: colección (es) f, conjunto (es) m
Swedish: samling (sv)
Telugu: సమూహము (te) (samoohamu)
Volapük: konlet (vo)

activity of collecting

Bulgarian: събиране (bg) (sǎbirane) n
Czech: sběr (cs) m
Danish: indsamling (da)
Estonian: kogumine (et)
Finnish: keräily (fi), keräys (fi), kerääminen (fi)
German: Sammeln (de) n, Sammlung (de) f, Abholung (de) f, Einsammlung (de) f
Hebrew: איסוף (he) (ysuf) m
Hungarian: gyűjtés (hu)
Italian: raccolta (it) f

Latvian: vākšana (lv), ievākšana (lv)
Portuguese: coleta (pt) f
Romanian: colectare (ro) f
Scottish Gaelic: cruinneachadh (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: skupljanje (sh) n
Spanish: recogida (es) f, recolección (es) f
Swedish: samla (sv)
Volapük: konletam (vo)

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