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English noun: collection

1. collection (group) several things grouped together or considered as a whole


Synonymsaccumulation, aggregation, assemblage


Broader (hypernym)group, grouping


Narrower (hyponym)agglomerate, agglomeration, air power, ana, armamentarium, art collection, Asia, assortment, aviation, backlog, batch, batch, battery, biology, biota, block, book, book, botany, bottle collection, bunch, bundle, caboodle, category, Central America, class, clutch, coin collection, collage, combination, congregation, content, convoy, corpus, crop, cumulation, cumulus, data, deal, defence, defense, defense lawyers, defense team, ensemble, Europe, exhibition, expo, exposition, extragalactic nebula, family, fauna, findings, flagging, fleet, fleet, fleet, flinders, flora, Free World, GAAP, galaxy, galaxy, generally accepted accounting principles, gimmickry, hand, heap, herbarium, hit parade, information, job lot, Judaica, jurisprudence, kludge, law, library, library, long suit, lot, mail, mass, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, mound, mythology, North America, nuclear club, Oort cloud, pack, package, packet, pantheon, parcel, petting zoo, pharmacopoeia, pile, planting, population, post, potpourri, procession, program library, prosecution, repertoire, repertoire, repertory, repertory, rogue's gallery, rule book, salmagundi, set, signage, smithereens, smorgasbord, South America, stamp collection, statuary, string, subroutine library, sum, sum total, summation, tenantry, Third World, tout ensemble, traffic, treasure, treasure trove, trinketry, troponomy, troponymy, universe, variety, vegetation, Victoriana, wardrobe, wardrobe, zoology


Instance hyponymMagi, Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library, Wise Men

2. collection (communication) a publication containing a variety of works


Synonymscompendium


Broader (hypernym)publication


Narrower (hyponym)anthology, archives, compilation, digest

3. collection (communication) request for a sum of money


SamplesAn appeal to raise money for starving children.


Synonymsappeal, ingathering, solicitation


Broader (hypernym)petition, postulation, request


Narrower (hyponym)whip-round

4. collection (act) the act of gathering something together


Synonymsaggregation, assembling, collecting


Broader (hypernym)grouping


Narrower (hyponym)agglomeration, bottle collection, coin collecting, coin collection, collation, compilation, compiling, conchology, gather, gathering, numismatics, numismatology, philately, pickup, shell collecting, stamp collecting, stamp collection, tax collection









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