Definitions

collection

[kuh-lek-shuhn] / kəˈlɛk ʃən /

NOUN

group, accumulation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assemblage assortment compilation lot number selection set store

STRONG

acquiring acquisition agglomeration anthology assembling assembly batch caboodle clump cluster collation combination company congeries congregation convocation crowd cumulation digest gathering heap hoard kit levy mass medley mess miscellany mobilization muster omnibus pile quantity stack stock stockpile

WEAK

accumulating amassing amassment bringing together obtaining securing

Antonyms

STRONG

division individual separation

Example Sentences

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"It's likely that these data collection services will increase", said digital labour expert Aditi Surie, from the Indian Institute for Human Settlements in Bengaluru.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Over billions of years, this primordial collection of MN-zymes may have slowly evolved, renewed itself, and become increasingly sophisticated.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The single’s accompanying album, “Good News for People Who Love Bad News,” was an overall pop-forward collection that signified the group’s commercial breakthrough and even earned two Grammy nominations in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The poem was first published as an Irish Times Poem of the Week before later appearing in Cullen's third collection, Conditional Perfect.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

So instead they visited the Royal Exhibition of Pteridological Rarities, a small but fascinating collection of freakish ferns.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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