Noun

• S: (n) collection (collection%1:14:00::), aggregation (aggregation%1:14:00::), accumulation (accumulation%1:14:00::), assemblage (assemblage%1:14:01::) (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
• S: (n) collection (collection%1:04:00::), collecting (collecting%1:04:00::), assembling (assembling%1:04:00::), aggregation (aggregation%1:04:00::) (the act of gathering something together)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) agglomeration (agglomeration%1:04:00::) (the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating)
• S: (n) collation (collation%1:04:02::) (assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence)
• S: (n) compilation (compilation%1:04:00::), compiling (compiling%1:04:00::) (the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)) "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
• S: (n) gather (gather%1:04:00::), gathering (gathering%1:04:01::) (the act of gathering something)
• S: (n) centralization (centralization%1:04:01::), centralisation (centralisation%1:04:01::) (gathering to a center)
• S: (n) harvest (harvest%1:04:01::), harvesting (harvesting%1:04:00::), harvest home (harvest_home%1:04:00::) (the gathering of a ripened crop)
• S: (n) haying (haying%1:04:01::) (the harvesting of hay)
• S: (n) bottle collection (bottle_collection%1:04:01::) (the activity of collecting bottles) "bottle collection is a hobby of hers"
• S: (n) conchology (conchology%1:04:00::), shell collecting (shell_collecting%1:04:00::) (the collection and study of mollusc shells)
• S: (n) numismatics (numismatics%1:04:00::), numismatology (numismatology%1:04:00::), coin collecting (coin_collecting%1:04:00::), coin collection (coin_collection%1:04:00::) (the collection and study of money (and coins in particular))
• S: (n) pickup (pickup%1:04:00::) (the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places) "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
• S: (n) garbage collection (garbage_collection%1:04:00::), garbage pickup (garbage_pickup%1:04:00::), trash collection (trash_collection%1:04:00::), trash pickup (trash_pickup%1:04:00::) (the collection and removal of garbage)
• S: (n) philately (philately%1:04:00::), stamp collecting (stamp_collecting%1:04:00::), stamp collection (stamp_collection%1:04:00::) (the collection and study of postage stamps)
• S: (n) aerophilately (aerophilately%1:04:00::) (the collection and study of airmail stamps)
• S: (n) tax collection (tax_collection%1:04:00::) (the collection of taxes)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form