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Collecting

//kəˈlɛktɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector. countable, uncountable

    "The task of data gathering is not a random walk, a sensual search, or the bemused collectings of a beachcomber."

  2. 2
    the act of gathering something together wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of collect form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From collect + -ing.

Etymology 2

From collect + -ing.

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