noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

accumulationaggregationassemblingcollectioncollection

Example

More examples

"Yoko is interested in collecting stamps."

Etymology

From collect + -ing.

Related phrases

ballot collectinggrievance collectinginjustice collectingstamp collectingwound collecting

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