Definitionen
1.NounA set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together."The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk.; The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets.; This year's Summer Collection will include a wide range of evening wear.; He has a big collection of stamps.; He has a superb coin collection."
2.NounA set of pitch classes used by a composer.
3.NounThe activity of collecting."Collection of trash will occur every Thursday."
4.NounA set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
5.NounA gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
6.NounDebt collection.
7.NounThe act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
8.NounThe jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
9.NounA set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
10.NounThe quality of being collected; calm composure.