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noun
A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of collect
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of gathering something together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: collection, assembling, aggregation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grouping
Narrower terms: agglomeration, collation, compilation, compiling, gather, gathering, bottle collection, conchology, shell collecting, numismatics, numismatology, coin collecting, coin collection, pickup, philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection, tax collection
History
From collect + -ing.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
