collection

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /kəˈlɛkʃən/

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Noun

Singular collection

Plural collections

Collection is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. A collection is a group of things of the same type. They are usually special in some way.

   He has one of the biggest collections of paintings by Van Gogh.

2. If you take a collection, you ask many people for money, for a particular reason.

   The school took a collection for new books.

Synonyms

• accumulation
• gathering

Related words

• collect
• collectable