collection

/kəˈlɛkʃən/
noun
  1. A group of things that have been gathered together, often because they are similar or interesting.
    • The museum's art collection includes paintings from the 19th century.
    • My grandmother has a large collection of antique teapots.
    • He showed me his stamp collection from around the world.
  2. The act or process of gathering things together, especially money or items for a purpose.
    • The church took up a collection to help the flood victims.
    • The charity collection raised over $5,000 for the local shelter.
    • Garbage collection happens every Tuesday morning in our neighborhood.
  3. A group of items released or published together, such as a set of books, songs, or data.
    • The library has a digital collection of historical newspapers.
    • The band released a collection of their greatest hits last year.
    • This is a collection of short stories by various authors.
  4. A group of people or things that share a common feature or are considered together.
    • A collection of clouds gathered on the horizon before the storm.
    • The scientist studied a collection of data from ten different experiments.
    • There was a strange collection of people at the party.
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