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A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
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The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets.
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Multiple related objects associated as a group.
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He has a superb coin collection.
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The activity of collecting.
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Collection of trash will occur every Thursday.
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A set of sets.
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A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
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Debt collection.
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The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
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The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
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(in the plural, Oxford University) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
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The quality of being collected; calm composure.