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• he wanted to share his vast art collection with the world.
• a stamp/coin/record collection
• an extensive collection of war photographs
• the painting comes from his private collection.

collection

1. a group of objects, often of the same sort, that have been collected
• He wanted to share his vast art collection with the world.
• a stamp/coin/record collection
• an extensive collection of war photographs
• The painting comes from his private collection.

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• A glass-fronted cabinet displayed a collection of china figurines.
• He built up his collection over a period of ten years.
• He donated his art collection to the Guggenheim Museum.
• Historians frequently ask to consult the collection.
• I was allowed to view his family collection of miniatures.
• She had the task of organizing the collection of rare manuscripts.
• She made a collection of Roman coins and medals.
• She needed only one more stamp to complete her collection.
• The collection contains some 500 items.
• The collection covers all phases of Picasso's career.
• The collection has been added to over the years.
• The collection is rarely on view to the public.
• The collection is to go on public display for the first time next month.
• The exhibition features a magnificent collection of bronze statues.
• The museum boasts a superb collection of medieval weapons.
• The museum has a large reserve collection in storage, which members of the public rarely get to see.
• The museum's collection is growing all the time.
• The museum's collection spans 5 000 years of art history.
• The permanent collection is displayed on the first floor, whilst the ground floor houses temporary exhibitions.
• We have a small but representative collection of Brazilian art.
• a historical archive collection of 20 000 documents
• a new building to house the national collection of arms and armour
• a new painting to add to their collection
• a research collection available for study by archaeologists
• a valuable collection of antique porcelain
• major collections dating from the 11th to the 19th century
• the largest private art collection in the world
2. a group of objects or people
• There was a collection of books and shoes on the floor.
• There is always a strange collection of runners in the London Marathon.

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• They appeared to be a motley collection of college students.
• A somewhat strange collection of people had gathered in front of the building.
• Running through the tale is a motley collection of loners looking for love.
3. an act of taking something away from a place; an act of bringing things together into one place
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• The first stage in research is data collection.
• waste/rubbish/garbage/refuse collection
• The last collection from this postbox is at 5.15.
• Your suit will be ready for collection on Tuesday.

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• the systematic collection of data
• to assemble and analyse a representative collection of data
• the need for more efficient tax collection
• different methods of data collection
• a refuse collection service
• a lack of collection points for waste paper
• Your car is awaiting collection at our garage.
• We offer free collection of waste.
• They will arrange collection of the chairs.
• There are some difficulties with the collection of reliable data.
• The council offers free collection of waste.
4. a group of poems, stories or pieces of music published together as one book, etc.
• a collection of stories by women writers
• a collection of favourite Christmas music

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• to publish a collection of scholarly essays
• The band has just released a collection of their greatest hits.
5. an act of collecting money to help a charity or during a church service; the money collected
• a house-to-house collection for Cancer Research
• The total collection last week amounted to £250.
• a collection box/bucket (= for people to put money in)
• the church collection plate

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• a street collection for famine relief
• We will have a collection for charity at the end of the concert.
• A collection will be taken at the end of the service.
6. a range of new clothes or items for the home that are designed, made and offered for sale, often for a particular season
• Armani’s stunning new autumn collection

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• She has recently launched her new ready-to-wear collection.
• the first designer to unveil his collection for the spring season

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin collectio(n-), from colligere ‘gather together’, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.