collection

Other forms of collection

plural

collections·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about collection

What does collection mean?

collection means "several things grouped together or considered as a whole". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in collection?

collection has 3 syllables: col-lec-tion. The stress falls on "lec". In IPA it is /kəˈlɛkʃən/.

What is another word for collection?

Close synonyms include aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, compendium, solicitation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is collection a common word?

collection is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with collection?

5 words rhyme with collection. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.