Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subcollection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-col-lec-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subset of a collection.

Example Sentences

"Humor books are easy to catalog as a part of a comics collection—treat them as a subcollection of comics (aka fiction) and group them first by creator, then by series title, paying attention to volume numbers and/or dates of publication."

Etymology

From sub- + collection.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

subcollections (plural)

Questions

What does subcollection mean?: A subset of a collection.
Where does subcollection come from?: From sub- + collection.

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