(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time.
The Art Gallery of Ontario has the world’s largest ~ of sculptures by Henry Moore...
He made the mistake of leaving his valuable record ~ with a former girlfriend.
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2.
A ~ of stories, poems, or articles is a number of them published in one book.
The Brookings Institution has assembled a ~ of essays from foreign affairs experts.
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A ~ of things is a group of things.
Wye Lea is a ~ of farm buildings that have been converted into an attractive complex.
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4.
A fashion designer’s new ~ consists of the new clothes they have designed for the next season.
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Collection is the act of collecting something from a place or from people.
Money can be sent to any one of 22,000 agents worldwide for ~.
...computer systems to speed up ~ of information.
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If you organize a ~ for charity, you collect money from people to give to charity.
I asked my headmaster if he could arrange a ~ for a refugee charity.
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A ~ is money that is given by people in church during some Christian services.
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