'Collection' definitions:

Definition of 'collection'

(from WordNet)
noun
Several things grouped together or considered as a whole [syn: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage]
noun
A publication containing a variety of works [syn: collection, compendium]
noun
Request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" [syn: solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering]
noun
The act of gathering something together [syn: collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation]

Definition of 'Collection'

From: GCIDE
  • Collection \Col*lec"tion\, n. [L. collectio: cf. F. collection.]
  • 1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is collected; as: (a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. "A collection of letters." --Macaulay. (b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings. "The collection for the saints." --1 Cor. xvi. 1 (c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of demands. (d) An accumulation of any substance. "Collections of moisture." --Whewell. "A purulent collection." --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.]
  • Syn: Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd; congregation; mass; heap; compilation. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'collection'

From: Easton
  • Collection The Christians in Palestine, from various causes, suffered from poverty. Paul awakened an interest in them among the Gentile churches, and made pecuniary collections in their behalf (Acts 24:17; Rom. 15:25, 26; 1 Cor. 16:1-3; 2 Cor. 8:9; Gal. 2:10).

Synonyms of 'collection'

From: Moby Thesaurus