collections

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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On social media, Law's Bricks & Minifigs franchise in Salem, Oregon, advertised the acquisition as "one of the largest, most valuable privately held collections of Star WarsTM Lego© in the world".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Nadine Dupérré of the Museum of Nature Hamburg at LIB contributed to the research by examining reference specimens from scientific collections and helping classify the new species.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

Houdon’s Franklin bust exists in several autograph versions, including the marbles at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and two plaster versions in European collections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

By the 1950s the Weismans had one of the country’s most ambitious collections of contemporary art.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

More — much more — would follow as cities throughout the United States organized collections of blankets, bedding, clothing, food, and cash.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy