collection
A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
Example
“The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk.”
Other meanings
A set of pitch classes used by a composer.
The activity of collecting.
“Collection of trash will occur every Thursday.”
Synonyms
- aggregation
Related words
- data collection
- collection mailbox
- wound collection
- biocollection
- collectioner
- collectionitis
- cryocollection
- megacollection
- microcollection
- multicollection
- noncollection
- overcollection
Word history
From Latin "collēctiō" (collēctiō, collēctiōnem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “collection” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.