Collecting

/kəˈlɛktɪŋ/

Synonyms for "collecting" (37 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(8 words)
collectionaccumulatingaccumulationaggregationamassingarchival collectsart collectionart museum collection

Strong matches (11)

Related words (18)

Noun(18 words)
garneringgathergatheringgathering crowdhobbyinterestmuseum collectionmushroom gatheringobtain fundspastimereceiverecordsample collectionsamplingspecimen collectionsummarizeswabbingtrinketry

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

13 entries
acquisitionactivityassemblydata collectiondata gatheringgatheringgroupinghobbymonetary collectionprocessresearch activityresearch practicerevenue collection

More specific

17 entries
accumulationantique collectingassemblycoin collectingdebt collectiondonation collectionexperimental data collectionfee collectionfield collectionfield data collectiongatheringlaboratory collectionspecimen collectionstamp collectingsurvey data collectiontoy figure collecting

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

12 entries
antique collectionart collectioncoin collectioncollecting coinscollecting datacollecting rockscollecting shellscollecting stampscollecting toy figuresdata collectionfossil collectionstamp collection

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Yoko is interested in collecting stamps.

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Are you still collecting stamps?

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Tom's hobby is collecting photos of cars.

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John has been collecting stamps since he was a child.

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Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.

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