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1.nounA set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together."The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets."
2.nounMultiple related objects associated as a group."He has a superb coin collection."
3.nounThe activity of collecting."Collection of trash will occur every Thursday."
4.nounA set of sets.
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.noun(in the plural, Oxford University) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
10.nounThe quality of being collected; calm composure.