English > collection: 4 senses > noun 1, group| Meaning | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
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| Synonyms | aggregation, accumulation, assemblage |
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| Instances | Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library | A collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945 |
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| Wise Men, Magi | (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born |
| Narrower | Asia | The nations of the Asian continent collectively |
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| Central America | The nations of Central America collectively |
| Europe | The nations of the European continent collectively |
| Free World | Anti-communist countries collectively |
| Judaica | historical and literary materials relating to Judaism |
| North America | The nations of the North American continent collectively |
| Oort cloud | (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto |
| South America | The nations of the South American continent collectively |
| Third World | underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively |
| Victoriana | collection of materials of or characteristic / characteristic of the Victorian era |
| agglomeration | A jumbled collection or mass |
| ana | A collection of anecdotes about a person or place |
| armamentarium | The collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine |
| art collection | A collection of art works |
| assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley | A collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| aviation, air power | The aggregation of a country's military aircraft |
| backlog | An accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services) |
| batch, clutch | A collection of things or persons to be handled together |
| batch | All the loaves of bread baked at the same time |
| battery | A collection of related things intended for use together |
| biota, biology | All the plant and animal life of a particular region |
| block | A number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit |
| book, rule book | A collection of rules or prescribed standards / standards on the basis of which decisions are made |
| book | A collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game |
| bottle collection | A collection of bottles |
| bunch, lot, caboodle | Any collection in its entirety |
| class, category, family | A collection of things sharing a common attribute |
| coin collection | A collection of coins |
| collage | Any collection of diverse things |
| combination | A collection of things that have been combined |
| congregation | An assemblage of people or animals or things collected together |
| content, contents | Everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something |
| convoy | A collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships |
| corpus | A collection of writings |
| crop | A collection of people or things appearing together |
| data, information | A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn |
| defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers | The defendant and his legal advisors collectively |
| ensemble, tout ensemble | An assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole |
| exhibition, exposition, expo | A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display |
| fauna, zoology | All the animal life in a particular region or period |
| findings | A collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes |
| flagging | flagstones collectively |
| fleet | A group of warships organized as a tactical unit |
| fleet | group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership |
| fleet | group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership |
| flinders | Bits and splinters and fragments |
| galaxy, extragalactic nebula | (astronomy) a collection of star systems |
| galaxy | A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people) |
| generally accepted accounting principles, GAAP | A collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice |
| gimmickry | A collection of gimmicks |
| hand, deal | The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time |
| herbarium | A collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study |
| hit parade | A collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind |
| job lot | A miscellaneous collection of things sold together |
| kludge | A badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together) |
| law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| library | A collection of literary documents or records / records kept for reference or borrowing |
| library, program library, subroutine library | (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use |
| long suit | In a hand, the suit having the most cards |
| mail, post | Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered |
| mass | An ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) |
| menagerie | A collection of live animals for study or display |
| mythology | myths collectively |
| nuclear club | The nations possessing nuclear weapons |
| pack | A complete collection of similar things |
| package, bundle, packet, parcel | A collection of things wrapped or boxed together |
| pantheon | All the gods of a religion |
| petting zoo | A collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed |
| pharmacopoeia | A collection or stock of drugs |
| pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus | A collection of objects laid on top of each other |
| planting | A collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area |
| population, universe | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn |
| procession | The group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation |
| prosecution | The lawyers acting for the state / state to put the case against the defendant |
| repertoire, repertory | A collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule |
| repertory, repertoire | The entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field / field or occupation |
| rogue's gallery | A collection of pictures of criminals |
| set | A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used |
| signage | Signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters) |
| smithereens | A collection of small fragments considered as a whole |
| stamp collection | A collection of stamps |
| statuary | statues collectively |
| string | A collection of objects threaded on a single strand |
| sum, summation, sum total | The final aggregate |
| tenantry | tenants / tenants of an estate considered as a group |
| traffic | The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time |
| treasure | A collection of precious things |
| treasure trove | Any collection of valuables that is discovered |
| trinketry | trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively |
| troponymy, troponomy | The place names of a region or a language considered collectively |
| vegetation, flora, botany | All the plant life in a particular region or period |
| wardrobe | collection of clothing belonging to one person |
| wardrobe | collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company |
| Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
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| Spanish | acumulación, colección, conjunto, cúmulo, grupo, hatajo, hato |
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| Catalan | acumulació, arreplec, col·lecció, conjunt, cúmul |
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English > collection: 4 senses > noun 4, act| Meaning | The act of gathering something together. |
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| Synonyms | collecting, assembling, aggregation |
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| Narrower | agglomeration | The act of collecting in a mass |
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| bottle collection | The activity of collecting bottles |
| collation | Assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence |
| compilation, compiling | The act of compiling (as into a single book / book or file or list) |
| conchology, shell collecting | The collection and study of mollusc shells |
| gather, gathering | The act of gathering something |
| numismatics, numismatology, coin collecting, coin collection | The collection and study of money (and coins in particular) |
| philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection | The collection and study of postage stamps |
| pickup | The act or process of picking up or collecting from various places |
| tax collection | The collection of taxes |
| Broader | grouping | The activity of putting things together in groups |
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| Spanish | acopio, acumulación, colección, montaje, recolección |
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| Catalan | acumulació, assemblatge, col·lecció, muntatge, recollida |
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| Verbs | collect | assemble or get together |
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| collect | get or bring together |
| collect | get or gather together |
