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collection

 
Noun collection has 4 senses
  1. collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    --1 is a kind of group, grouping
    --1 has particulars:
     procession; pharmacopoeia; string; wardrobe; wardrobe; weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition; population, universe; armamentarium; art collection; backlog; battery; block; book, rule book; bottle collection; bunch, lot, caboodle; coin collection; collage; content; ensemble, tout ensemble; corpus; crop; tenantry; findings; pack; hand, deal; long suit; stamp collection; statuary; sum, summation, sum total; agglomeration; gimmickry; nuclear club; pile, heap, mound, cumulus; mass; combination; congregation; hit parade; Judaica; kludge; library, program library, subroutine library; library; mythology; Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library; biota, biology; fauna; petting zoo; set; Victoriana; class, category, family; job lot; package, bundle, packet, parcel; defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers; prosecution; planting; signage; generally accepted accounting practices, GAAP; pantheon; Free World; Third World; Europe; Asia; North America; Central America; South America; Oort cloud; galaxy; galaxy, extragalactic nebula; fleet; fleet; fleet; repertoire; repertory, repertoire; assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley; batch, clutch; batch; rogue's gallery; exhibition, exposition, expo; convoy; traffic; aviation, air power; vegetation, flora; law, jurisprudence; menagerie; data, information; ana; mail, post; treasure; treasure trove; troponymy, troponomy; smithereens; Wise Men, Magi; French West Indies
  2. collection, compendium - a publication containing a variety of works
    --2 is a kind of publication
    --2 has particulars: anthology; archives; compilation, digest
  3. solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering - request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
    --3 is a kind of request, petition, postulation
    --3 has particulars: whip-round
  4. collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation - the act of gathering something together
    --4 is a kind of grouping
    --4 has particulars:
     agglomeration; collation; compilation, compiling; gather, gathering; bottle collection; conchology, shell collecting; numismatics, numismatology, coin collecting, coin collection; pickup; philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection; tax collection
    Derived forms: verb collect1, verb collect4, verb collect3
collecte collected collectedly collectibility collectible collectibles collecting collecting data collection collection multiprint collection of something collection plate collections collective collective agreement collective bargaining collective behavior

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