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Definition of collection : the act of gathering something together

Synonyms:

assembling, garland, roundup, accrual, quantity, line of battle, recovering, selection, show, hodgepodge, parade, appeal, prayer, appealingness, holdings, ingathering, order, compilation, lot, securing, charm, array, heap, order of battle, concentration, arrangement, cluster, batch, stack, allurement, anthology, mass, accruement, bundle, entreaty, exhibition, hookup, amassment, hoard, agglomeration, corpus, solicitation, gathering, combination, knot, congeries, disposition, finding, sight, pile, collect, compendium, cumulation, miscellany, cache, collecting, mess, symposium, clutch, collation, accretion, battle array, battery, number, omnibus, clump, stock

bloc, salad, council, mix, federation, formation, stew, omnium-gatherum, medley, partnership, assortment, college, corps

annexation, acquisition, procurement, assumption, gain, catch, addition, claim, appropriation, accumulation, purchase

coterie, litter, fellowship, army, school, circle, faction, sect, colony, outfit, club, complement, coalition, band, pack, crowd, clan, division, party, fleet, brigade, bevy, mob, clique, junta, battalion, team, gang, set, assembly, fraternity, phalanx, assemblage, staff, cabal, cadre, cell, force, nest, flock, league, detachment, caucus, host, troop, union, bunch, drove, company, ring, troupe, crew, wing, posse, herd, covey, platoon, squad, tribe, hive, aggregation, body, group, regiment, retinue, string, society

enumeration, notebook, log, inventory, invoice, treasury, scrapbook, ledger, check, statement, recount, list, lexicon, calendar, dictionary, yearbook, bank-book, documentation, bill, index, logbook, menu, sum, thesaurus, census, table, history, workbook, diary, annals, repertory, roster, roll, record, detail, storybook, chronicle, scroll, registry, score, novel, schedule, album, summary, tally, docket, manifest, total, file, recording, journal, book, store, tabulate, pad, catalog, account, budget, itemization, register, blank-book, waybill, cash book, daybook, count, annual, tablet, digest

libation, offertory, burnt offering, votive offering, offering, devotion, dedication, sacrifice, oblation, penitence

Usage examples:

• Nothing in the whole collection looked older or more worn than he. - "The World's Greatest Books, Vol III", Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds..
• The basis of his calculations was the number of houses returned in 1690 by the officers who made the last collection of the hearth money. - "The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)", Thomas Babington Macaulay.
• Nor had anyone but the Boy sympathised with his resolution to make a Collection. - "The Magnetic North", Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond).