ALL meanings of collection
col·lec·tion
C c - countable noun collection A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time. 3
- countable noun collection A collection of stories, poems, or articles is a number of them published in one book. 3
- countable noun collection A collection of things is a group of things. 3
- countable noun collection A fashion designer's new collection consists of the new clothes they have designed for the next season. 3
- uncountable noun collection Collection is the act of collecting something from a place or from people. 3
- countable noun collection If you organize a collection for charity, you collect money from people to give to charity. 3
- countable noun collection A collection is money that is given by people in church during some Christian services. 3
- noun collection the act or process of collecting 3
- noun collection a number of things collected or assembled together 3
- noun collection a selection of clothes, esp as presented by a particular designer for a specified season 3
- noun collection something gathered into a mass or pile; accumulation 3
- noun collection a sum of money collected or solicited, as in church 3
- noun collection removal, esp regular removal of letters from a postbox 3
- noun collection (at Oxford University) a college examination or an oral report by a tutor 3
- noun collection things collected, specif., as in a hobby 3
- noun collection a mass or pile; accumulation 3
- noun collection money collected, as during a church service 3
- noun collection The action or process of collecting someone or something. 1
- noun collection the act of collecting. 1
- noun collection something that is collected; a group of objects or an amount of material accumulated in one location, especially for some purpose or as a result of some process: a stamp collection; a collection of unclaimed hats in the checkroom; a collection of books on Churchill. 1
- noun collection the works of art constituting the holdings of an art museum: a history of the museum and of the collection. 1
- noun collection the gathered or exhibited works of a single painter, sculptor, etc.: an excellent Picasso collection. 1
- noun collection collections, the various holdings of an art museum organized by category, as painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, or film: the director of the collections. 1
- noun collection the clothes or other items produced by a designer, especially for a seasonal line: the spring collection. 1
- noun collection a sum of money collected, especially for charity or church use. 1
- noun collection Manège. act of bringing or coming into a collected attitude. 1
- noun collection group of objects 1
- noun collection gathering objects 1
- noun collection recovering of funds 1
- noun collection picking up garbage 1
- abbreviation COLLECTION church 1
- noun collection A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together. 0
- noun collection Multiple related objects associated as a group. 0
- noun collection The activity of collecting. 0
- noun collection (topology, analysis) A set of sets. 0
- noun collection A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations. 0
- noun collection (Obsolete (No longer in use)) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. 0
- noun collection (Britain) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. 0
- noun collection (in the plural, Britain, Oxford University) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term. 0