collection

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Synonyms: collectio, collectin, connection, collective, collation, recollection, collocation, confection, collocution, complection, convection

Antonyms: collectio, collectin, connection, collective, collation, recollection, collocation, confection, collocution, complection, convection

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Noun

1. A [[set]] of [[item]]s or amount of material [[procure]]d, [[gather]]ed or [[present]]ed together.
2. {{lb|en|music}} A set of [[pitch]] classes used by a composer.
3. The [[activity]] of [[collect]]ing.
4. {{lb|en|set theory|topology|analysis}} A [[set]] of sets; ''used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set''.
5. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for [[donation]]s.
6. {{lb|en|law}} [[debt collection|Debt collection]].
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
8. {{lb|en|UK}} The [[jurisdiction]] of a [[collector]] of [[excise]].
9. {{lb|en|Oxon|usually|in the plural}} A set of [[college]] [[exam]]s generally taken at the start of the [[term]].
10. The quality of being [[collected]]; [[calm]] [[composure]].

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