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collection en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/kəˈlɛkʃən/

Etymology

From 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.

Meanings

(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.
- a purulent collection 1887, Robert Bartholow, A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine:
- 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. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
- He has a big collection of stamps.
- Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets.
- collections of moisture 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences:
- This year's Summer Collection will include a wide range of evening wear.
- He has a superb coin collection.
(countable, uncountable) A set of pitch classes used by a composer.
- In fact, students are often taught that specific collections—diatonic, octatonic, and whole-tone, etc.—typify these composers' compositional language. 2009, Brian Moseley, “Form and Transpositional Combination in George Crumb's Lux Aeterna”, in Bruce Quaglia, Jack Boss, editors, Musical Currents from the Left Coast, page 174:
- Simply put, the realm of available collections in a largely diatonic environment is much smaller than it is in truly atonal one. 2012, Marguerite Boland, John Link, Elliott Carter Studies, page 22:
- The "collectional information" one receives is ambiguous since the collection { C, E, F, G, A } occurs in the key of C and in the key of F. 2005, Neil Minturn, The Last Waltz of The Band, page 112:
(countable, uncountable) The activity of collecting.
- Collection of trash will occur every Thursday.
(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.
- The people here are very good to each other, too. When someone's house burned down, when someone was in the hospital, they took up collections for the people. 1976 February 7, Rose Flower, quoting Jimmy McGrath, “Playland: The Friendliest Place In Town”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 13:
(countable, uncountable) Debt collection.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
- We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines. 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
(UK, countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
(countable, plural-normally, qualifier:Oxford University, uncountable) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
(countable, uncountable) The quality of being collected; calm composure.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
collections	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

Translations (216)

vi bộ sưu tập (set of items) · sv insamling (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · de Sammlung (set of items) · lv kolekcija (set of items) · fr collecte (activity of collecting) · et kogu (set of items) · bg съби́ране (activity of collecting) · bg коле́кция (multiple related objects) · vi kho tàng (set of items) · nl verzameling (set of items) · gmy 𐀀𐀒𐀨 (set of items) · hu kollekció (set of items) · ga bailiúchán (set of items) · mk збирка (set of items) · cy casgliad (set of items) · hsb zběrka (set of items) · bg коле́кция (set of items) · cs sběr (activity of collecting) · it collezione (set of items) · pl zrzutka (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · nn kolleksjon (multiple related objects) · hi संभार (set of items) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · de Kollektion (multiple related objects) · et kogumine (activity of collecting) · af versameling (set of items) · as সংগ্ৰহ (set of items) · sv samling (multiple related objects) · hu sorozat (set of items) · es recogimiento (activity of collecting) · gd cruinneachadh (multiple related objects) · lv krājums (set of items) · sh kolèkcija (multiple related objects) · ja コレクション (set of items) · ga bailiúchán (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · fa مجموعه (set of items) · sv samling (set of items) · vi sự sưu tầm (activity of collecting) · el συλλογή (set of items) · fr collection (set of items) · fi keräys (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · de Sammelung (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · pl zbiórka (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · ru собира́ние (activity of collecting) · sh зби̑рка (set of items) · vi sự tập hợp (activity of collecting) · fa گردایه (set of items) · ms koleksi (set of items) · sh колѐкција (set of items) · fi keräily (activity of collecting) · ru набо́р (multiple related objects) · tg коллексия (set of items) · ast coleición (set of items) · sh zbȋrka (set of items) · fi kerääminen (activity of collecting) · te సేకరణ (set of items) · nb samling (multiple related objects) · da samling (set of items) · de Kollektion (set of items) · fa کلکسیون (set of items) · he איסוף (activity of collecting) · he אוסף (set of items) · tg маҷмӯа (set of items) · ga bailiúchán (multiple related objects) · de Menge (multiple related objects) · tr koleksiyon (set of items) · be збор (set of items) · la congeriēs (set of items) · fa کلکسیون (multiple related objects) · pt coleta (activity of collecting) · eo kolekto (set of items) · gl colección (multiple related objects) · vo konletam (activity of collecting) · ru сбо́рник (set of items) · lv kolekcija (multiple related objects) · it collezione (multiple related objects) · ru собра́ние (set of items) · kk топтама (set of items) · id koleksi (set of items) · pt recolha (activity of collecting) · pt coleção (multiple related objects) · uk збі́рка (set of items) · fi kokoelma (set of items) · pt coleção (set of items) · mk колекција (set of items) · nl inzameling (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · liv kolektsij (set of items) · pl składka (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · th เหล่า (set of items) · la congestus (set of items) · es recolección (activity of collecting) · sh zbȋrka (multiple related objects) · ro colectare (activity of collecting) · ur جَمْع (set of items) · ja カンパ (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · sq koleksion (set of items) · uz kolleksiya (set of items) · cmn 收藏 (set of items) · hi संचयन (activity of collecting) · sl zbirka (set of items) · lv krājums (multiple related objects) · sk zbierka (set of items) · ko 컬렉션 (set of items) · de Abholung (activity of collecting) · gd cruinneachadh (activity of collecting) · lv ievākšana (activity of collecting) · ru сбор (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · pl zbiór (set of items) · lv vākšana (activity of collecting) · fi joukkojen joukko (topology, analysis: set of sets) · pt recolhimento (activity of collecting) · hi संग्रह (set of items) · hy հավաքածու (set of items) · de Sammlung (multiple related objects) · id kumpulan (set of items) · ar جَمْع (set of items) · la collēctus (set of items) · uk зібра́ння (set of items) · nn innsamling (activity of collecting) · de Sammlung (activity of collecting) · ca col·lecció (set of items) · lt kolekcija (set of items) · az kolleksiya (set of items) · af kolleksie (set of items) · sh skupljanje (activity of collecting) · ro colectare (set of items) · is safn (set of items) · gd cruinneachadh (set of items) · da indsamling (activity of collecting) · ru колле́кция (set of items) · alt јууш (set of items) · hy հավաքածու (multiple related objects) · it raccolta (activity of collecting) · hu következtetés (act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts) · ga tiomsú (activity of collecting) · bg сбор (set of items) · hu gyűjtemény (multiple related objects) · tr toplama (set of items) · ko 수집 (set of items) · ur مَجْمُوعَہ (set of items) · ru коллекциони́рование (activity of collecting) · fr collection (multiple related objects) · da samling (multiple related objects) · as থুঁপ (set of items) · mr संग्रह (set of items) · hu gyűjtés (activity of collecting) · ar جَمْع (activity of collecting) · hsb zhromadźenje (set of items) · hy ժողովածու (set of items) · fr ramassage (activity of collecting) · ru колле́кция (multiple related objects) · uk коле́кція (set of items) · es conjunto (multiple related objects) · gl colección (set of items) · he אֹסֶף (set of items) · vi tập hợp (multiple related objects) · es recogida (activity of collecting) · vo konlet (multiple related objects) · tl pangangalap (activity of collecting) · vi tập sưu tầm (multiple related objects) · nb innsamling (activity of collecting) · nl verzamelen (activity of collecting) · nl collectie (set of items) · hu összegyűjtés (activity of collecting) · ro colecție (set of items) · be кале́кцыя (set of items) · vo konlet (set of items) · hy ժողովածու (multiple related objects) · nb samling (set of items) · cs sbírání (activity of collecting) · grc συναγωγή (set of items) · it colletta (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · alt коллекция (set of items) · sh зби̑рка (multiple related objects) · it raccolta (multiple related objects) · fi päättely (act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts) · sh колѐкција (multiple related objects) · nb kolleksjon (multiple related objects) · ar مَجْمُوعَة (set of items) · ka კრებული (set of items) · fi kokoelma (multiple related objects) · pl kolekcja (set of items) · et kollektsioon (set of items) · nn samling (multiple related objects) · ja 募金 (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · es recaudación (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · sh kolèkcija (set of items) · cs sbírka (set of items) · nn innsamling (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · ms kumpulan (set of items) · hsb hromadźenje (set of items) · fi keräys (activity of collecting) · de Sammeln (activity of collecting) · bg съби́ране (set of items) · nb innsamling (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · es colección (set of items) · dsb zběrka (set of items) · de Einsammlung (activity of collecting) · es colecta (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · bg сби́рка (multiple related objects) · pl zbieranie (activity of collecting) · kk жинақтама (set of items) · fi veronkantopiiri (jurisdiction of a collector of excise) · ps مجموعه (set of items) · hu adománygyűjtés (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · te సమూహము (multiple related objects) · cmn 集 (set of items) · ky коллекция (set of items) · fr quête (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) · sv samla (activity of collecting) · hu begyűjtés (activity of collecting) · mi rokiroki (set of items) · nn samling (set of items) · hu gyűjtemény (set of items) · es colección (multiple related objects) · it raccolta (set of items)