Translate collection | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of collection
noun
1the action or process of collecting someone or something:the collection of maple sap tax collection a regular removal of mail for dispatch or of trash for disposal. an instance of collecting money in a church service or for a charitable cause:when she died, they took up a collection for her burial a sum of money raised by a charity collection.
2a group of things or people:a rambling collection of houses an assembly of items such as works of art, pieces of writing, or natural objects, especially one systematically ordered:paintings from the permanent collection a record collection (
collections)
an art museum’s holdings organized by medium, such as sculpture, painting, or photography. a book or recording containing various texts, poems, songs, etc.:a collection of essays a range of new clothes produced by a fashion house:a preview of their autumn collection
