collection 音标拼音: [kəl'ɛkʃən]
n . 收集,聚集,积累,收藏,募捐;文集,数集
收集,聚集,积累,收藏,募捐;文集,数集
collection 收集; 集合
collection 收集
collection n 1 :
several things grouped together or considered as a whole [
synonym : {
collection }, {
aggregation }, {
accumulation },
{
assemblage }]
2 :
a publication containing a variety of works [
synonym :
{
collection }, {
compendium }]
3 :
request for a sum of money ; "
an appeal to raise money for starving children " [
synonym : {
solicitation }, {
appeal },
{
collection }, {
ingathering }]
4 :
the act of gathering something together [
synonym : {
collection },
{
collecting }, {
assembling }, {
aggregation }]
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 ]
188 Moby Thesaurus words for "
collection ":
Festschrift ,
abundance ,
accumulation ,
agglomeration ,
aggregation ,
album ,
alms ,
alms fee ,
amassment ,
ana ,
analects ,
anthology ,
aquarium ,
assemblage ,
assembling ,
assembly ,
assortment ,
back number ,
backlog ,
band ,
beauties ,
body ,
boiling ,
bringing together ,
budget ,
bunch ,
burnt offering ,
call -
up ,
canon ,
canvass ,
census ,
charity ,
chrestomathy ,
clippings ,
clump ,
cluster ,
collectanea ,
collected works ,
collecting ,
colligation ,
collocation ,
colluvies ,
combination ,
commissariat ,
commissary ,
company ,
comparison ,
compilation ,
complete works ,
concourse ,
concurrence ,
confluence ,
conflux ,
congeries ,
conglomeration ,
congregation ,
contribution ,
convergence ,
copy ,
cornucopia ,
corpus ,
corralling ,
crew ,
crowd ,
cumulation ,
cuttings ,
data ,
data -
gathering ,
delectus ,
dole ,
donation ,
donative ,
drink offering ,
dump ,
edition ,
ex voto offering ,
excerpta ,
excerpts ,
extracts ,
florilegium ,
flowers ,
fragments ,
fund ,
garden ,
garland ,
garnering ,
gathering ,
gleaning ,
gleanings ,
group ,
handout ,
heap ,
heave offering ,
hecatomb ,
hoard ,
holdings ,
holocaust ,
human sacrifice ,
immolation ,
impression ,
incense ,
infanticide ,
ingathering ,
inventory ,
issue ,
junction ,
juxtaposition ,
kit ,
larder ,
libation ,
library ,
library edition ,
lot ,
mactation ,
mass ,
material ,
materials ,
materiel ,
medley ,
menagerie ,
miscellanea ,
miscellany ,
mobilization ,
munitions ,
museum ,
muster ,
number ,
oblation ,
offering ,
offertory ,
omnibus ,
omnium gatherum ,
outfit ,
party ,
peace offering ,
photograph album ,
piacular offering ,
pile ,
pittance ,
plenitude ,
plenty ,
printing ,
provisionment ,
provisions ,
quotation book ,
rations ,
raw data ,
repertoire ,
repertory ,
rick ,
rodeo ,
roundup ,
ruck ,
sacramental offering ,
sacrifice ,
scapegoat ,
school edition ,
scrapbook ,
self -
immolation ,
self -
sacrifice ,
series ,
set ,
solicitation ,
stack ,
stock ,
stock -
in -
trade ,
stockpile ,
store ,
stores ,
subscription ,
supplies ,
supply on hand ,
survey ,
suttee ,
sutteeism ,
symposium ,
thank offering ,
tithe ,
trade book ,
trade edition ,
treasure ,
treasury ,
trove ,
variety ,
volume ,
votive offering ,
whole offering ,
zoo
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COLLECTION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of COLLECTION is the act or process of collecting How to use collection in a sentence
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COLLECTION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com If you like to collect — that is, gather — things, chances are you might have a collection of some sort Some common types of collections are of books, stamps, and dolls
COLLECTION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time Robert's collection of prints and paintings has been bought over the years
COLLECTION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary We’re taking (up) a collection for his retirement gift (= getting money from people who want to give it)
Collection - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com A collection is a group of things, often a group created by someone For example, many kids have a collection of comic books
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