American English
/kʰəˈlɛk.ʃn̩/
3 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
A group of similar things that someone has gathered and keeps.
Say “collection” with the strongest beat on the second syllable.
A group of similar things that someone has gathered and keeps.
She has a large collection of postcards.
The museum displayed a collection of paintings.
art collection · stamp collection · book collection · private collection
a collection of + plural noun
someone’s collection of + plural noun
Money gathered from people for a special purpose, especially to help a person or organization.
The collection raised $2,000 for the shelter.
They took up a collection for their injured coworker.
In this meaning, Spanish usually uses colecta or recaudación, not colección.
charity collection · church collection · collection box · take up a collection
a collection for + person or organization
take up a collection for + person or organization
The process of gathering information or things from different places.
Data collection begins next week.
Garbage collection is delayed today.
data collection · garbage collection · tax collection · collection service
the collection of + noun
collection of + noun from + source
to gather money from people for a special purpose
The neighbors took up a collection for Maria.
the organized gathering of information
The survey is part of our data collection.
the service that takes household waste away
Garbage collection comes every Tuesday.