collection
noun
[ kəˈlɛkʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of collecting someone or something.
• "the collection of data"
• a group of things or people.
• "a rambling collection of houses"
Similar:
group,
crowd,
body,
company,
troupe,
assembly,
assemblage,
gathering,
throng,
knot,
cluster,
huddle,
multitude,
bevy,
party,
number,
band,
horde,
pack,
drove,
flock,
swarm,
stream,
mob,
gang,
load,
crew,
gaggle,
• college examinations held at the beginning or end of a term, especially at Oxford University.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin collectio(n- ), from colligere ‘gather together’ (see collect1).
