collection
A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented togetherA set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
» Tom has a large gun collection.
Том має велику колекцію зброї.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented 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.
Sammlung, Kollektion
колле́кцияkollékcija, собра́ниеsobránije, сбо́рникsbórnik
коле́кціяkolékcija, зібра́нняzibránnja, збі́ркаzbírka
(countable, uncountable)A set of pitch classes used by a composer.
(countable, uncountable)The activity of collecting.
Collection of trash will occur every Thursday.
Sammeln, Sammlung, Abholung
коллекциони́рованиеkollekcionírovanije, собира́ниеsobiránije
(countable, uncountable)A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
(countable, uncountable)A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
Sammelung
сборsbor
(countable, uncountable)Debt collection.
(UK, countable, uncountable)The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
(countable, usually plural, uncountable)A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being collected; calm composure.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
- the act of gathering something together
- a publication containing a variety of works
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
- request for a sum of money
Examples
342 sentencesTom has a large gun collection.
Том має велику колекцію зброї. — Anjy
I have a baseball card collection.
У мене є колекція бейсбольних карток. — deniko
I have a large collection of stamps.
Я маю велику колекцію марок. — brambury
ruУ меня большая коллекция марок. — al_ex_an_der
deIch habe eine große Briefmarkensammlung. — Wolf
Did Tom show you his stamp collection?
Том показував тобі свою колекцію марок? — deniko
ruТом показал тебе его коллекцию марок? — Karok
Tom wanted to see my stamp collection.
Том хотів побачити мою колекцію марок. — deniko
ruТом хотел посмотреть мою коллекцию марок. — marafon
deTom wollte meine Briefmarkensammlung sehen. — Malkuth
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēcFrom Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Equivalent to collect + -ion.
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Forms
plural: collections| Singular | collection |
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regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- the act of gathering something together:collectingassemblingaggregation
- a publication containing a variety of works:compendium
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole:aggregationaccumulationassemblage
- request for a sum of money:solicitationappealingathering
Word family
35 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- stamp collection
- his stamp collection
- coin collection