collection
noun/kəˈlekʃn/
Слово англійською: collection
Переклад collection українською: колекція, зібрання; збірка, збірник, збирання; стягання (податків тощо), скупчення, збіговисько
Детальний опис
- [countable] a group of objects, often of the same sort, that have been collected
- He wanted to share his vast art collection with the world.
- a stamp/coin/record collection
- collection of something an extensive collection of war photographs
- The painting comes from his private collection.
- [countable] a group of objects or people
- There was a collection of books and shoes on the floor.
- There is always a strange collection of runners in the London Marathon.
- [countable, uncountable] an act of taking something away from a place; an act of bringing things together into one place
- The first stage in research is data collection.
- waste/rubbish/garbage/refuse collection
- The last collection from this postbox is at 5.15.
- Your suit will be ready for collection on Tuesday.
- [countable] a group of poems, stories or pieces of music published together as one book, etc.
- a collection of stories by women writers
- a collection of favourite Christmas music
- [countable] an act of collecting money to help a charity or during a church service; the money collected
- a house-to-house collection for Cancer Research
- The total collection last week amounted to £250.
- a collection box/bucket (= for people to put money in)
- the church collection plate
Wordfinder- appeal
- benefit
- charity
- collection
- donation
- fundraiser
- handout
- telethon
- volunteer
- welfare
- [countable] a range of new clothes or items for the home that are designed, made and offered for sale, often for a particular season
- Armani’s stunning new autumn collection
Collocations Clothes and fashionClothes and fashionClothes- be wearing a new outfit/bright colours/fancy dress/uniform
- be (dressed) in black/red/jeans and a T-shirt/your best suit/silk/rags (= very old torn clothes)
- be dressed for work/school/dinner/a special occasion
- be dressed as a clown/pirate/policeman
- wear/dress in casual/designer/second-hand clothes
- wear jewellery/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfume
- have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suit on
- put on/take off your clothes/coat/shoes/helmet
- pull on/pull off your coat/gloves/socks
- change into/get changed into a pair of jeans/your pyjamas
- change/enhance/improve your appearance
- create/get/have/give something a new/contemporary/retro look
- brush/comb/shampoo/wash/blow-dry your hair
- have/get a haircut/your hair cut/a new hairstyle
- have/get a piercing/your nose pierced
- have/get a tattoo/a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed
- have/get a makeover/cosmetic surgery
- use/wear/apply/put on make-up/cosmetics
- follow/keep up with (the) fashion/the latest fashions
- spend/waste money on designer clothes
- be fashionably/stylishly/well dressed
- have good/great/terrible/awful taste in clothes
- update/revamp your wardrobe
- be in/come into/go out of fashion
- be (back/very much) in vogue
- create a style/trend/vogue for something
- organize/put on a fashion show
- show/unveil a designer’s spring/summer collection
- sashay/strut down the catwalk/(North American English also) runway
- be on/do a photo/fashion shoot
group of objects/people
taking away/bringing together
poems/stories/music
money
new clothes
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin collectio(n-), from colligere ‘gather together’, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.