collection

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of similar things kept or brought together.

   The attic holds a remarkable collection of antiques.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of gathering or taking things away.

   Rubbish collection happens every Thursday.

3. 3
   noun

   Money gathered from many people for a charity or cause.

   They took up a collection for the family who lost their home.

4. 4
   noun

   A book or publication containing a variety of works.

   She published a collection of short stories.

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”). Equivalen to collect + -ion.

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