What does “collection” mean?
- 1
nouna group of similar things that someone has gathered, often as a hobby
He has a huge collection of old coins.
- 2
nounthe act of taking things away or gathering them from a place
Garbage collection is on Tuesdays.
Collection at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /kəˈlɛkʃən/ · kuh-LEK-shun
Common phrases with “collection”
- stamp collection
- art collection
- a collection of
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Word family
- collect
- collector
- collective
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