Found 3 items, similar to collection.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: collection bundel, iuran, pemungutan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: collection collection n 1: several things grouped together or considered as a whole [syn: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage] 2: a publication containing a variety of works [syn: compendium] 3: request for a sum of money; “an appeal to raise money for starving children” [syn: solicitation, appeal, ingathering] 4: the act of gathering something together [syn: collecting, assembling, aggregation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.] Syn: Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd; congregation; mass; heap; compilation. [1913 Webster]