Collection | Mean of collection in English Dictionary

/kəˈlɛkʃən/

• Noun
• the act or process of getting things from different places and bringing them together
1. a system of tax collection
2. The technology makes data collection easier.
3. There will be a trash collection this week.
• a group of interesting or beautiful objects brought together in order to show or study them or as a hobby
1. The museum's collection is one of the best in the country.
2. his baseball card collection
3. He has a huge collection of CDs.
4. She has an impressive collection of modern art.
5. He has quite a collection of exercise equipment.
6. She has acquired quite a collection of friends/contacts/experiences/stories.
• a request for money in order to help people or to pay for something important
1. We took up a collection for the school renovations.

• the money collected in this way
1. Ten percent of the collection goes to the city's shelters for homeless people.
2. a collection plate/box
• a group of clothes that a fashion designer has created
1. a fashion show featuring his spring collection
• a group of different writings that are brought together in one book
1. You should consider publishing these stories as a collection.
2. I have a collection of her short stories.