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UK
/kəlˈɛkʃən/
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[ US /kəˈɫɛkʃən/ ]
[ US /kəˈɫɛkʃən/ ]
NOUN
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
- the act of gathering something together
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request for a sum of money
an appeal to raise money for starving children - a publication containing a variety of works
How To Use collection In A Sentence
- Also, it is difficult to get across diagrammatically the iterative nature of grounded theory - in particular its commitment to the idea that data collection and analysis occur in parallel.
- A business tycoon, arts patron and committed left-winger, Berge opted to sell the collection amassed over a lifetime after Saint Laurent's death last June aged 71.
- The true university of these days is a collection of books.
- Rubbish advice The erratic bin collections over the past few weeks have left me struggling to cope with all our household rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
- Congress houses most of its collections in three buildings on Capitol Hill.
- In an attempt to thwart piracy of its music, the label equipped a collection of 52 album releases with a type of software known as a rootkit. ITnews Australia
- The Old Town has a whole collection of churches, palaces and mosques.
- Often considered to be one of the most spectacular lizard species, sometimes called the "Jesus lizard", the green basilisk is a striking addition to any reptile collection.
- I was merely commenting how superior the Assos jersey seemed, compared to the other jerseys in my burgeoning collection.
- One of the stars of the collection is the Diana and Minerva commode of 1773, so called for the inlaid roundels representing the goddesses of the hunt and the arts, respectively.