collection in English dictionary

  • collection

    Meanings and definitions of "collection"

    • A set of items or objects procured or gathered together by a person, group, or other agent.
    • Multiple related objects associated as a group.
    • He has a superb coin collection .
    • The activity of collecting.
    • Collection of trash will occur every Thursday.
    • (topology, analysis) A set of sets.
    • noun
      A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
    • noun
      Multiple related objects associated as a group.
    • noun
      The activity of collecting.
    • noun
      (topology, analysis)
      A set of sets.
    • noun
      A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
    • noun
      (Britain)
      The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
    • noun
      (in the plural, Britain, Oxford University)
      A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
    • set of items
    • multiple related objects
    • activity of collecting
    • A method to group defined meanings from a particular source or context.
    • An object that contains a set of related objects. An object's position in the collection can change whenever a change occurs in the collection; therefore, the position of any specific object in a collection may vary.
    • To embed a sum of due money.
    • noun
      a publication containing a variety of works
    • noun
      request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
    • noun
      several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    • noun
      the act of gathering something together

    Synonyms of "collection" in English dictionary

    postulation, ingathering, petition are the top synonyms of "collection" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of collection

    • collection ( plural  collections)
    • lm  liczba mnoga collections
    • collection (plural collections)
  • Collection

Images with "collection"

Sample sentences with "collection"

Available translations

Authors