Collection

Noun

 * 1) A set of items or objects procured or gathered together by a person, group, or other agent.
 * 2) Multiple related objects associated as a group.
 * 3) The activity of collecting.
 * 4)  A set of sets.

Adjectives for Collection
representative; enticing; adequate; imaginative; brilliant; extensive; world; superb; spring; advanced; copious; incongruous; considerable; notable; vast; glorious; remarkable; exclusive; thrilling; posthumous; original; magnificent; active; dramatic; infinite; zoological; cantankerous; startling; wonderful; arresting; suggestive; pretentious; rare; attractive; ponderous; complete; expensive; priceless; weird; heterogeneous; haphazard; motley; vague; private; interesting; useful; fair; authentic; miscellaneous; entertaining; tolerable; average; classified; individual; comprehensive; annotated; voluminous;  scientific; varied; hideous; exciting.

Verbs for Collection
accumulate—; amass—; delay—; display—; equal—; examine—;  exhibit—; herd—; insure—; join—; lead—; mass—; prize—; raise—;   rifle—;   speed—;   suspend—; treasure—; uncover—; unearth—; value—; yield—; —depicts; —symbolizes.

Derived terms

 * collection plate

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: հավաքածու
 * Azeri: kolleksiya
 * Bulgarian:, събиране
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: collectie
 * Estonian: kogu
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კრებული
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (silo'ji)
 * Hebrew: אוסף (osef)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: コレクション
 * Korean: 수집
 * Latin: collectus,,  congestus
 * Latvian: krājums,
 * Mandarin:
 * Portuguese: coleção,  colecção
 * Romanian:, colecție
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: zbirka (1)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సేకరణ (sEkaraNa)
 * Thai: เหล่า
 * Turkish: toplama,
 * Vietnamese: bộ sưu tập
 * Volapük: konlet
 * Welsh: Casgliad


 * Armenian: հավաքածու
 * Bulgarian: сбирка, колекция
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , Menge
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: ,
 * Latvian: krājums,
 * Portuguese: coleção,  colecção
 * Spanish:, conjunto
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సమూహము (samoohamu)
 * Volapük: konlet


 * Bulgarian: събиране
 * Croatian: skupljanje
 * Czech:
 * Danish: indsamling
 * Estonian: kogumine
 * German:, , Abholung, Einsammlung
 * Hebrew: איסוף (ysuf)
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Latvian: vākšana, ievākšana
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: colectare
 * Spanish: recogida, recolección
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: konletam

Etymology
From collectio.

Noun

 * 1) collection

Derived terms

 * collec
 * collectionner
 * collectionneur
 * collectionnite