collection
A group of gathered items
A group of similar things kept together.
a collection of [things]
- She has an impressive collection of rare coins.
- The museum's collection includes paintings from the 18th century.
- He showed me his collection of vintage guitars.
- I donated my stamp collection to the local library.
- Their art collection is worth millions.
- I have a big collection of books.
- She keeps her coin collection in a box.
- He has a music collection on his phone.
- They have a photo collection from their trip.
The act of bringing things together
The act of bringing things or people together.
collection of [things]
- The city schedules garbage collection twice a week.
- Data collection is an important part of the research.
- They organized a collection of clothes for the homeless.
- The charity's food collection will happen on Saturday.
- Collection of evidence took several hours.
- Garbage collection is on Monday.
- The school starts a toy collection at Christmas.
- We help with food collection for poor families.
- Data collection takes time.
Money or goods gathered for a cause
Money or things people give to help others or support a cause.
a collection for [cause]
- They took up a collection for the earthquake victims.
- The church holds a weekly collection during services.
- A charity collection was organized at school.
- We contributed to the street musician's collection box.
- We gave money to the charity collection.
- The church has a collection every Sunday.
- Our class started a food collection for the shelter.
- 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.