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Meaning of 'collection' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Collection [ n.]
- The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
- That which is collected
- A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
- A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.
- That which is obtained in payment of demands.
- An accumulation of any substance.
- The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
- The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

Meaning of 'collection' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . collection [ n]
Meaning (1):
- request for a sum of money
Example in sentence:
  • an appeal to raise money for starving children

Nearby Words:

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