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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1387|origins=la colligere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəˈlek.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|collectioun]],^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|collection]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) from [[la|collēctiō|t=a gathering together]],^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) a noun of action from collēctus, the past participle of [[m|la|colligere|t=to gather together]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) the source of [[collect]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The action of collecting or gathering together: 1387,^(OED 1989) the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A group of things viewed as a whole is from about 1400,^(Etymonline) and a gathering of extracts or literary materials from 1460;^(OED 1989) a collection of scientific specimens or works of art is from 1651.^(OED 1989) Money gathered for religious or charitable purposes, as in church, is from the 1530s,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the gathering in of taxes or debts from the 1650s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In the 16th and 17th centuries the word also meant a summary, an inference drawn, and the collecting of one's thoughts, all now obsolete.^(OED 1989) Johnson (1755) gave “the act of gathering together” and “an assemblage; the things gathered”.^(Johnson 1755) A set of clothes designed for one season is a modern sense.^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1387 – the act of collecting.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – a group viewed as a whole.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1460 – a collection of writings.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1530s – money collected for charity.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1651 – a collection of specimens or art.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1650s – the collection of debts.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1697 – an accumulation, as of water.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act or process of collecting.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A group of objects gathered for study, display or as a [[hobby]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # An accumulation or deposit: ''a collection of dust''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # Money collected, as at a [[church]] service; the act of collecting it.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A set of new clothes shown by a [[designer]] for a season.^(MW Collegiate)^(NODE 1998)

+ # The regular emptying of a post box or removal of rubbish.^(OED 1989)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[collectional]]

+ * [[noncollection]]

+ * [[precollection]]

+ * [[recollection]]

+ * [[subcollection]]

+ * [[collection agency]]

+ * [[collection plate]]

+ * [[collection box]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[collect]]

+ * [[college]]

+ * [[colleague]]

+ * [[elect]]

+ * [[select]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}