group of objects / people
1 [C] a group of objects, often of the same sort, that have been collected:
a stamp / coin collection * The painting comes from his private collection.
2 [C] a group of objects or people:
There was a collection of books and shoes on the floor. * There is always a strange collection of runners in the London Marathon.
taking away / bringing together
3 [C,U] an act of taking sth away from a place; an act of bringing things together into one place:
refuse / garbage collection * The last collection from this postbox is at 5.15. * Your suit will be ready for collection on Tuesday. * The first stage in research is data collection.
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poems / stories / music
4 [C] a group of poems, stories or pieces of music published together as one book or disc:
a collection of stories by women writers * a collection of favourite Christmas music
money
5 [C] an act of collecting money to help a charity or during a church service; the money collected:
a house-to-house collection for Cancer Research * The total collection last week amounted to ｣250.
new clothes
6 [C] a range of new clothes or items for the home that are designed, made and offered for sale, often for a particular season:
Armani's stunning new autumn collection
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of collection come from?
This entry for collection is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is collection a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, collection is tagged as noun.
Does collection appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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