collection in English: A group of things kept together, or the act of collecting something. (noun)

Translation

A group of things kept together, or the act of collecting something.

Word origin

From Latin collectio, a gathering together, from colligere, to gather.

Gender

Pluralcollections

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A collection is a group of things someone keeps.

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Here the collection is everything the museum keeps.

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Here collection means the act of collecting something.

collect

To bring things together in one place, or to go and get something.

group

A number of people or things that are together or belong with each other.

museum

A building where people go to look at old or important things.

keep

To have or hold something and not let it go, or to make something stay the same.

set

To put something in a place, or to make it ready to use.

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