| collection | |
| 1. n. A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together. | |
| 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. | |
| 2. n. Multiple related objects associated as a group. | |
| He has a superb coin collection. | |
| 3. n. The activity of collecting. | |
| Collection of trash will occur every Thursday. | |
| 4. n. (topology, analysis) A set of sets. | |
| 5. n. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations. | |
| 6. n. (law) Debt collection. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. | |
| 8. n. (UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. | |
| 9. n. (in the UK, Oxford University) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term. | |
| 10. n. The quality of being collected; calm composure. | |
