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“collection”
collection (s) (noun), collections
1. The act of gathering things together.
2. A publication containing a variety of works.
3. Several things that are grouped together or considered as a whole.
2. A publication containing a variety of works.
3. Several things that are grouped together or considered as a whole.
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legi-, -leg-, -ligi-, -lig-, -lect-, -lectic, -lection
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(Latin: to make a collection; to gather what is left after the reapers)
(a collection of significant human knowledge)
(Latin: book; originally, the "inner bark of a tree", whence "the text written on this", "collection of leaves for writing", and finally "book")
(a collection of misheard words and sentences)