collection |kəˈlek sh ən|noun1 the action or process of collecting someone or something : the collection of maple sap | tax collection• a regular removal of mail for dispatch or of trash for disposal.• an instance of collecting money in a church service or for acharitable cause : when she died, they took up a collection for her burial.• a sum collected in this way.2 a group of things or people : a rambling collection of houses.• an assembly of items such as works of art, pieces of writing, or natural objects, esp. one systematically ordered : paintings from the permanent collection | a record collection.• ( collections) an art museum's holdings organized by medium, such as sculpture, painting, or photography.• a book or recording containing various texts, poems, songs, etc. : a collection of essays.• a range of new clothes produced by a fashion house : a preview of their autumn collection.
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