collection
col·lec·tion
noun
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
a publication containing a variety of works
- “an appeal to raise money for starving children”
Origin
From Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Equivalent to collect + -ion.
Phrases
- capped collection
- collection agency
- collection box
- collection mailbox
- collection plate
- collection procedure
- collection society
- data collection
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