| collection | | |
| n. (group) | 1. accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| ~ procession | the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation.; "processions were forbidden" |
| ~ pharmacopoeia | a collection or stock of drugs. |
| ~ string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand. |
| ~ wardrobe | collection of clothing belonging to one person. |
| ~ wardrobe | collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company. |
| ~ universe, population | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn.; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" |
| ~ armamentarium | the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine. |
| ~ art collection | a collection of art works. |
| ~ backlog | an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services). |
| ~ battery | a collection of related things intended for use together.; "took a battery of achievement tests" |
| ~ block | a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit.; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" |
| ~ rule book, book | a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made.; "they run things by the book around here" |
| ~ book | a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game. |
| ~ bottle collection | a collection of bottles.; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window" |
| ~ caboodle, bunch, lot | any collection in its entirety.; "she bought the whole caboodle" |
| ~ coin collection | a collection of coins. |
| ~ collage | any collection of diverse things.; "a collage of memories" |
| ~ content | everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something.; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" |
| ~ tout ensemble, ensemble | an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole. |
| ~ corpus | a collection of writings.; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" |
| ~ crop | a collection of people or things appearing together.; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" |
| ~ tenantry | tenants of an estate considered as a group. |
| ~ findings | a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes. |
| ~ flagging | flagstones collectively.; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place" |
| ~ flinders | bits and splinters and fragments.; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage" |
| ~ pack | a complete collection of similar things. |
| ~ deal, hand | the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time.; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" |
| ~ long suit | in a hand, the suit having the most cards. |
| ~ herbarium | a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study. |
| ~ stamp collection | a collection of stamps. |
| ~ statuary | statues collectively. |
| ~ sum total, sum, summation | the final aggregate.; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" |
| ~ agglomeration | a jumbled collection or mass. |
| ~ gimmickry | a collection of gimmicks. |
| ~ nuclear club | the nations possessing nuclear weapons. |
| ~ cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound | a collection of objects laid on top of each other. |
| ~ mass | an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people). |
| ~ combination | a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities. |
| ~ congregation | an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together.; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" |
| ~ hit parade | a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind. |
| ~ judaica | historical and literary materials relating to Judaism. |
| ~ kludge | a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together). |
| ~ program library, subroutine library, library | (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use. |
| ~ library | a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing. |
| ~ mythology | myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person. |
| ~ nag hammadi library, nag hammadi | a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism. |
| ~ biota, biology | all the plant and animal life of a particular region. |
| ~ fauna, zoology | all the animal life in a particular region or period.; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch" |
| ~ petting zoo | a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| ~ victoriana | collection of materials of or characteristic of the Victorian era. |
| ~ category, class, family | a collection of things sharing a common attribute.; "there are two classes of detergents" |
| ~ job lot | a miscellaneous collection of things sold together. |
| ~ bundle, package, packet, parcel | a collection of things wrapped or boxed together. |
| ~ defense lawyers, defense team, defence, defense | the defendant and his legal advisors collectively.; "the defense called for a mistrial" |
| ~ prosecution | the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant. |
| ~ planting | a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area.; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner" |
| ~ signage | signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters).; "there will be signage displayed at each post" |
| ~ gaap, generally accepted accounting principles | a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures. |
| ~ pantheon | all the gods of a religion. |
| ~ free world | anti-communist countries collectively. |
| ~ third world | underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively. |
| ~ europe | the nations of the European continent collectively.; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" |
| ~ asia | the nations of the Asian continent collectively. |
| ~ north america | the nations of the North American continent collectively. |
| ~ central america | the nations of Central America collectively. |
| ~ south america | the nations of the South American continent collectively.; "South America is an important market for goods from the United States" |
| ~ oort cloud | (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun. |
| ~ galaxy | a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people). |
| ~ extragalactic nebula, galaxy | (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust.; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" |
| ~ fleet | a group of warships organized as a tactical unit. |
| ~ fleet | group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership. |
| ~ fleet | group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership. |
| ~ repertoire, repertory | a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule. |
| ~ repertoire, repertory | the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation.; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters" |
| ~ assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things.; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" |
| ~ batch, clutch | a collection of things or persons to be handled together. |
| ~ batch | all the loaves of bread baked at the same time. |
| ~ rogue's gallery | a collection of pictures of criminals. |
| ~ expo, exhibition, exposition | a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display. |
| ~ convoy | a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships. |
| ~ traffic | the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time. |
| ~ air power, aviation | the aggregation of a country's military aircraft. |
| ~ botany, flora, vegetation | all the plant life in a particular region or period.; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ menagerie | a collection of live animals for study or display. |
| ~ data, information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.; "statistical data" |
| ~ ana | a collection of anecdotes about a person or place. |
| ~ mail, post | any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered.; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post" |
| ~ treasure | a collection of precious things.; "the trunk held all her meager treasures" |
| ~ treasure trove | any collection of valuables that is discovered.; "her book was a treasure trove of new ideas"; "mother's attic was a treasure trove when we were looking for antiques" |
| ~ trinketry | trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively. |
| ~ troponomy, troponymy | the place names of a region or a language considered collectively. |
| ~ smithereens | a collection of small fragments considered as a whole.; "Berlin was bombed to smithereens"; "his hopes were dashed to smithereens"; "I wanted to smash him to smithereens"; "the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens" |
| ~ magi, wise men | (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them. |
| n. (communication) | 2. collection, compendium | a publication containing a variety of works. |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| ~ anthology | a collection of selected literary passages. |
| ~ archives | collection of records especially about an institution. |
| ~ compilation, digest | something that is compiled (as into a single book or file). |
| n. (communication) | 3. appeal, collection, ingathering, solicitation | request for a sum of money.; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ whip-round | (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose. |
| n. (act) | 4. aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection | the act of gathering something together. |
| ~ grouping | the activity of putting things together in groups. |
| ~ agglomeration | the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating. |
| ~ collation | assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence. |
| ~ compiling, compilation | the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list).; "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" |
| ~ gather, gathering | the act of gathering something. |
| ~ bottle collection | the activity of collecting bottles.; "bottle collection is a hobby of hers" |
| ~ conchology, shell collecting | the collection and study of mollusc shells. |
| ~ coin collecting, numismatics, numismatology, coin collection | the collection and study of money (and coins in particular). |
| ~ pickup | the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places.; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" |
| ~ philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection | the collection and study of postage stamps. |
| ~ tax collection | the collection of taxes. |
| collect | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. collect | a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England. |
| ~ orison, petition, prayer | reverent petition to a deity. |
| v. (possession) | 2. accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| ~ run up | pile up (debts or scores). |
| ~ corral | collect or gather.; "corralling votes for an election" |
| ~ collect, pull in | get or bring together.; "accumulate evidence" |
| ~ scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up | gather (money or other resources) together over time.; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" |
| ~ chunk, lump | put together indiscriminately.; "lump together all the applicants" |
| ~ bale | make into a bale.; "bale hay" |
| ~ catch | take in and retain.; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater" |
| ~ fund | accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability.; "fund a medical care plan" |
| ~ fund | place or store up in a fund for accumulation. |
| ~ hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in | keep or lay aside for future use.; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
| v. (possession) | 3. collect, take in | call for and obtain payment of.; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ farm | collect fees or profits. |
| ~ raise | collect funds for a specific purpose.; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" |
| v. (contact) | 4. collect, garner, gather, pull together | assemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
| ~ mobilize, marshal, mobilise, summon | make ready for action or use.; "marshal resources" |
| ~ rake | gather with a rake.; "rake leaves" |
| ~ glean, harvest, reap | gather, as of natural products.; "harvest the grapes" |
| ~ club | gather into a club-like mass.; "club hair" |
| ~ hive | gather into a hive.; "The beekeeper hived the swarm" |
| ~ salvage, scavenge | collect discarded or refused material.; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" |
| ~ muster, muster up, rally, summon, come up | gather or bring together.; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" |
| ~ round up | seek out and bring together.; "round up some loyal followers" |
| ~ cull, pick, pluck | look for and gather.; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" |
| ~ nut | gather nuts. |
| ~ snail | gather snails.; "We went snailing in the summer" |
| ~ bird-nest, birdnest | gather birdnests.; "They went birdnesting in the early morning" |
| ~ nest | gather nests. |
| ~ oyster | gather oysters, dig oysters. |
| ~ sponge | gather sponges, in the ocean. |
| ~ pearl | gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean. |
| ~ clam | gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean. |
| ~ shock | collect or gather into shocks.; "shock grain" |
| ~ heap up, stack up, pile up | arrange into piles or stacks.; "She piled up her books in my living room" |
| v. (contact) | 5. collect, pull in | get or bring together.; "accumulate evidence" |
| ~ archive, file away | put into an archive. |
| ~ drum up, rally, beat up | gather.; "drum up support" |
| ~ accumulate, collect, compile, amass, hoard, roll up, pile up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| v. (possession) | 6. call for, collect, gather up, pick up | gather or collect.; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| adj. | 7. cod, collect | payable by the recipient on delivery.; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" |
| ~ due | owed and payable immediately or on demand.; "payment is due" |
| adv. | 8. collect | make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays.; "call collect"; "send a package collect" |
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