collection
A group of similar things kept together.
A number of things of the same type that have been gathered or brought together.
The act of bringing things or people together.
The action or process of gathering items or people together.
Money or things people give to help others or support a cause.
An amount of money or goods collected, especially for charity or a specific purpose.
- Base: collection
- Plural: collection, collections
data collection
1Gathering information for use or study
The act of getting information for research, work, or study.
- Data collection is the first step in our project.
- Accurate data collection is essential for good research results.
in (someone's) collection
1Part of owned set of items
Something that belongs to someone's group of special things they keep.
- That painting is in her private collection.
- I have three rare books in my collection.
take up a collection
1Gather money from people for purpose
To ask people to give money for someone or something.
- We took up a collection to help the injured worker.
- They decided to take up a collection for new school equipment.
garbage collection
1Removal of household waste
The job of taking away waste from houses and other places.
- Garbage collection is on Thursday in our neighborhood.
- The city improved its garbage collection service.
garbage collection
2automatic reclaiming of unused memory
In computing, the automatic process of finding and freeing memory that a program does not need anymore.
- Garbage collection makes programming easier but can affect performance.
- Languages like Java and C# use automatic garbage collection.
stamp collection
6group of stamps kept as a hobby
A set of postage stamps that someone keeps and adds to as a hobby.
- His stamp collection includes rare stamps from the 19th century.
- He showed me his stamp collection, which he started as a child.
- She showed me her stamp collection in a special album.
- Her grandfather’s stamp collection is now very valuable.
- Many people keep their stamp collection in special albums.