collection

/kəˈlekʃən/ noun

Definition

OBJECTS [C] › a group of objects of the same type that have been collected by one person or in one place: a private art collection

TAKING AWAY [U] › when something is taken away from a place: rubbish collection

MONEY [C] › an amount of money collected from several people: We had a collection for Emily's gift.

GROUP [C] › a group of things or people: There's quite a collection of toothbrushes in the bathroom.

(Definition of collection noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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