Collection
11collection — late 14c., action of collecting, from O.Fr. collection (14c.), from L. collectionem (nom. collectio) a gathering together, noun of action from colligere (see COLLECT (Cf. collect)). Especially of money gathered for religious or charitable… …
12collection — The pickup of mail from street collection boxes, businesses, or customers on the street. This operation is usually scheduled to meet mail processing and dispatch requirements …
13collection — Collection. s. f. Recuëil de plusieurs passages sur une ou plusieurs matieres, tirée d un ou de plusieurs Autheurs. En ce sens il se met plus ordinairement au pluriel. Faire des collections. il a laisse plusieurs belles collections. Il se dit… …
14collection — [kə lek′shən] n. [ME collecioun < L collectio] 1. the act or process of collecting 2. things collected, specif., as in a hobby [a collection of stamps] 3. a mass or pile; accumulation 4. money collected, as during a church service …
15Collection — (v. lat. Collectio), 1) Sammlung; bes. Sammlung mehrerer Schriftsteller in einem größeren Werke, z.B. C. librorum feudalium (Feudorum libri), s. u. Corpus juris; 2) (Collectus), die Aufnahme eines ausgesetzten Kindes …
16collection — assemblage, assembly, gathering, congregation (see under GATHER vb) Analogous words: heap, pile, mass, stack (see under HEAP vb): accumulation, hoarding or hoard (see corresponding verbs at ACCUMULATE) …
17collection — [n] group, accumulation accumulating, acquiring, acquisition, agglomeration, amassing, amassment, anthology, assemblage, assembling, assembly, assortment, batch, bringing together, caboodle, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company,… …
18collection — Collection, Collectio …
19collection — ► NOUN 1) the action of collecting. 2) a regular removal of mail for dispatch or of refuse for disposal. 3) an instance of collecting donations. 4) a group of things collected or accumulated …
20collection — noun 1 group of objects ADJECTIVE ▪ big, extensive, huge, large, major, massive, substantial, vast ▪ small …
