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Collection
Collection Col*lec"tion, n. [L. collectio: cf. F. collection.]
1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the
collection of specimens.
2. That which is collected; as:
(a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
``A collection of letters.' --Macaulay.
(b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes,
as by passing a contribution box for freewill
offerings. ``The collection for the saints.' --1 Cor.
xvi. 1
(c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of
demands.
(d) An accumulation of any substance. ``Collections of
moisture.' --Whewell. ``A purulent collection.'
--Dunglison.
3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or
observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.]
We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have
been hitherto made out of those words by modern
divines. --Milton.
4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.]
Syn: Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd;
congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
Meaning of Collections from wikipedia
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Collection or
Collections may
refer to: Cash
collection, the
function of an
accounts receivable department Collection agency,
agency to
collect cash Collections...
- like
short stories, may be
collected into the more
marketable form of "
collections",
often containing previously unpublished stories.[citation needed] Sometimes...
- library. The
collections framework provides both
interfaces that
define various collections and
classes that
implement them.
Collections and
arrays are...
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Marvel Ultimate Collections/Complete
Collections,
Complete Epics and Epic
Collections are large, full-color
trade paperback collections of
previously published...
- The
following is a list of Hadīth
collections,
which are
sources that
contain the sayings, acts or
tacit approvals,
validly or invalidly,
ascribed to...
- part of Sony's
PlayStation Collections line on
August 28, 2012, in
North America; it was not
released elsewhere. The
collection includes God of War, God...
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written over 200
short stories, most of
which have been
compiled in book
collections. Many of his
stories are set in his home
state of Maine.
Stephen King...
- is
sometimes used for
libraries that have both
physical collections and
electronic collections. For example,
American Memory is a
digital library within...
- The
Collection may
refer to: The
Collection (Lincolnshire), a
county museum and
gallery in Lincolnshire,
England The
Collection (film), the 2012 sequel...
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include the
Latin American archives, the
Jewish collections, and the
George Orwell Archive.
Collections are
often displa**** in a
series of gl**** cabinets...
