Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: collection
IPA transcription: [kəl'ɛkʃən]
Pronunciations of collection
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
    Meaning: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  • Synonyms: collection, compendium
    Meaning: a publication containing a variety of works
  • Synonyms: solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
    Meaning: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
  • Synonyms: collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
    Meaning: the act of gathering something together
Usage examples
  • "Did you put your collection in?"
  • Oh, that's a collection to end collections."
  • He called the collection "The Well-tempered Clavichord."
  • "Worst thing they could do; a collection like that would go for peanuts at auction.
  • Here Wilson detached himself and made a collection, whilst we pulled the sledge on.
  • I understand that you and some others are forming a pool to buy the Lane Fleming collection."
  • But her astonishing collection of letters is the slightest product of her intellectual activity.
  • Whether it or other banks hold them for collection, they will be presented to your bank when due.
  • On the mantelpiece was arrayed the innkeeper's collection of figured earthenware pots and stone jugs.
  • The public library consists of a collection much larger than I expected to see; and it is well arranged.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bioinformatics, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hellingly Hospital Railway, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Universe, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Raven, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Schizophrenia, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ayn Rand, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Smashing Pumpkins, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Merry Christmas Darling, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Angry Birds, License CC BY-SA 4.0