Antonyms for collections

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh-lek-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɛk ʃən

Definition of collections

Origin : late 14c., "action of collecting," from Old French collection (14c.), from Latin collectionem (nominative collectio) "a gathering together," noun of action from colligere (see collect). Especially of money gathered for religious or charitable purposes from 1530s. Meaning "a group of objects viewed as a whole" is from c.1400.

noun group, accumulation

Example sentences :

The collections should, of course, be made in the early summer.
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

She saw piles of books and collections of magazines and papers.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

The collections, then, those from Mr. Young and his ilk excepted, were satisfactory.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Valuable modern and secular books have been added to these collections from time to time.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

It is from these three collections that the present selection has been made.
Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous

Merrimac is worthy a place in collections for the sake of variety.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

You find the name of the country pretty often in collections of old voyages.
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

Of four vedas or collections of hymns, the Rigveda is the oldest and most interesting.
Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies

Several of the anecdotes, here narrated, were re-produced in that and other collections.
Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown

However, certain paintings from his collections have come down to us.
Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci

Synonyms for collections

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