collection
/kəˈlɛkʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.96 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk."
- "The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets."
- "This year's Summer Collection will include a wide range of evening wear."
- "He has a big collection of stamps."
- "He has a superb coin collection."
- "Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand."
Etymology
From Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Equivalent to collect + -ion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Obsolete
- British usage