Definition of COLLECTION

collection

Meanings

Plural: collections

Noun

  • several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  • a publication containing a variety of works
  • request for a sum of money
  • the act of gathering something together
  • A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
  • A set of pitch classes used by a composer.
  • The activity of collecting.
  • A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
  • A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
  • Debt collection.
  • The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
  • The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
  • A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
  • The quality of being collected; calm composure.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

Scrabble Score: 14

collection is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
collection is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
collection is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

collection is a valid Words With Friends word