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(an instance of) collecting things

group, accumulation

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Cases of word usage

1) a collection of thick yellowish white liquid (called pus) formed in a diseased part of the body (abscess)

2) a collection of poems or pieces of prose by one or more authors, often on a single subject or theme (anthology)

3) a collection of different examples or types (assortment)

4) a collection of the same fruit etc growing together (bunch)

5) an object or collection of objects showing publicity, e.g. in a museum (exhibit)

6) a collection of things, shown publicly (e.g. of works of art, of commercial or industrial goods for sale etc) (exhibition)

7) a carefully saved and guarded store or collection of money, coins, food and other treasured or valuable objects; to save and store (money, valuable things) (hoard)

8) (a room, building, for) a collection of books (library)

9) the whole number or amount; a large amount or number (of); a collection of objects of the same kind (lot)

10) a collection of wild animals in captivity (menagerie)

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