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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-lek-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɛk ʃən

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Définition 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

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