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Another word for collection

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Noun

  1. A number of individuals making up or considered a unit

    See also:

    group

  2. A quantity accumulated

    See also:

    collect

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Another word for collection

Noun

  1. The act of collecting

    See also:

    accumulation

  2. That which has been collected

    See also:

    heap

    gathering

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Sentence Examples

  • Cynthia just shook her head in amazement at the collection of gear.

  • My favorite cookbook, Apicius, is a 1,500-year-old collection of recipes from ancient Rome.

  • Any time you can move data collection from humans to computers, you get vast improvements in efficiency.

  • Fred and his juvenile helpers had located a picture of Reverend Martin and his wife in an old museum collection of early Ouray papers and photos.

  • The collection of these excise duties as well as the sale of matches, tobacco and gunpowder to retailers, is assigned to a special service in each department subordinated to a central administration.

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