Science is far more than a collection of facts and methods.
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Collection
//kəˈlɛkʃən//
Synonyms for "collection" (223 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (67)
clippingsclumpclustercollectaneacollected workscollectingcolligationcollocationcolluviescombinationcommissariatcommissarycompanycomparisoncompilationcomplete worksconcourseconcurrenceconfluenceconflux
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congeriesconglomerationcongregationcontributionconvergencecopycornucopiacorpuscorrallingcrewcrowdcumulationcuttingcuttingsdatadata-gatheringdelectusdoledonationdonativedrink offeringdumpeditionembodimentensembleex voto offeringexcerptaexcerptsextractsfestschriftflockflorilegiumflowersfragmentfragmentsfundgardengarlandgarneringgatheringgleaninggleaningsgrouphandout
Noun(3 words)
Related words (111)
heapheave offeringhecatombherdhoardholdingsholocausthuman sacrificeimmolationimpressionincenseinfanticideingatheringinventoryissuejunctionjuxtapositionkitkittyknot
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larderlibationlibrarylibrary editionlotmactationmassmaterialmaterialsmaterielmedleymenageriemiscellaneamiscellanymobilizationmunitionsmuseummusternumberoblationofferingoffertoryomnibusomnium gatherumoutfitpackparcelpartypeace offeringphotograph albumpiacular offeringpilepittanceplenitudeplentypoolpostprintingprovisionprovisionmentprovisionsquotation bookrangerationsraw datarepertoirerepertoryrickrodeorounduprucksacramental offeringsacrificescapegoatschool editionscrapbookselectionself-immolationself-sacrificeseriesstackstockstock-in-tradestockpilestorestoressubscriptionsuitesuppliessupply on handsurveysutteesutteeismsymposiumthank offeringthrongtithetrade booktrade editiontreasuretreasurytrooptrovevarietyvolumevotive offeringwhole offeringzoo
Noun(3 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesat location
1 entriescreated by
1 entriesderived
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
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1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
211 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kolleksie noun (set of items)
- versameling noun (set of items)
Albanian
1 entries- koleksion noun (set of items)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συναγωγή noun (set of items)
Arabic
3 entries- جَمْع noun (set of items)
- جَمْع noun (activity of collecting)
- مَجْمُوعَة noun (set of items)
Armenian
4 entries- ժողովածու noun (set of items)
- ժողովածու noun (multiple related objects)
- հավաքածու noun (set of items)
- հավաքածու noun (multiple related objects)
Assamese
2 entries- থুঁপ noun (set of items)
- সংগ্ৰহ noun (set of items)
Asturian
1 entries- coleición noun (set of items)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kolleksiya noun (set of items)
Belarusian
2 entries- збор noun (set of items)
- кале́кцыя noun (set of items)
Bulgarian
4 entries- коле́кция noun (set of items)
- коле́кция noun (multiple related objects)
- сби́рка noun (multiple related objects)
- сбор noun (set of items)
Catalan
1 entries- col·lecció noun (set of items)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 收藏 noun (set of items)
- 集 noun (set of items)
Czech
3 entries- sbírka noun (set of items)
- sbírání noun (activity of collecting)
- sběr noun (activity of collecting)
Danish
3 entries- indsamling noun (activity of collecting)
- samling noun (set of items)
- samling noun (multiple related objects)
Dutch
4 entries- collectie noun (set of items)
- inzameling noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- verzamelen noun (activity of collecting)
- verzameling noun (set of items)
Esperanto
1 entries- kolekto noun (set of items)
Estonian
3 entries- kogu noun (set of items)
- kogumine noun (activity of collecting)
- kollektsioon noun (set of items)
Finnish
4 entries- joukkojen joukko noun (topology, analysis: set of sets)
- keräily noun (activity of collecting)
- keräys noun (activity of collecting)
- keräys noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
French
4 entries- collecte noun (activity of collecting)
- collection noun (set of items)
- collection noun (multiple related objects)
- quête noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
Galician
2 entries- colección noun (set of items)
- colección noun (multiple related objects)
Georgian
1 entries- კრებული noun (set of items)
German
4 entries- Abholung noun (activity of collecting)
- Einsammlung noun (activity of collecting)
- Kollektion noun (set of items)
- Kollektion noun (multiple related objects)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
Greek
1 entries- συλλογή noun (set of items)
Hebrew
3 entries- אֹסֶף noun (set of items)
- אוסף noun (set of items)
- איסוף noun (activity of collecting)
Hindi
1 entries- संग्रह noun (set of items)
Hungarian
4 entries- adománygyűjtés noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- begyűjtés noun (activity of collecting)
- gyűjtemény noun (set of items)
- gyűjtemény noun (multiple related objects)
Icelandic
1 entries- safn noun (set of items)
Indonesian
2 entries- koleksi noun (set of items)
- kumpulan noun (set of items)
Irish
4 entries- bailiúchán noun (set of items)
- bailiúchán noun (multiple related objects)
- bailiúchán noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- tiomsú noun (activity of collecting)
Italian
4 entries- colletta noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- collezione noun (set of items)
- collezione noun (multiple related objects)
- raccolta noun (set of items)
Japanese
3 entries- カンパ noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- コレクション noun (set of items)
- 募金 noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
Kazakh
2 entries- жинақтама noun (set of items)
- топтама noun (set of items)
Korean
2 entries- 수집 noun (set of items)
- 컬렉션 noun (set of items)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- коллекция noun (set of items)
Latin
3 entries- collēctus noun (set of items)
- congeriēs noun (set of items)
- congestus noun (set of items)
Latvian
4 entries- ievākšana noun (activity of collecting)
- kolekcija noun (set of items)
- kolekcija noun (multiple related objects)
- krājums noun (set of items)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kolekcija noun (set of items)
Livonian
1 entries- kolektsij noun (set of items)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- zběrka noun (set of items)
Macedonian
2 entries- збирка noun (set of items)
- колекција noun (set of items)
Malay
2 entries- koleksi noun (set of items)
- kumpulan noun (set of items)
Marathi
1 entries- संग्रह noun (set of items)
Mycenaean Greek
1 entries- 𐀀𐀒𐀨 noun (set of items)
Māori
1 entries- rokiroki noun (set of items)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- innsamling noun (activity of collecting)
- innsamling noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- kolleksjon noun (multiple related objects)
- samling noun (set of items)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- innsamling noun (activity of collecting)
- innsamling noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- kolleksjon noun (multiple related objects)
- samling noun (set of items)
Pashto
1 entries- مجموعه noun (set of items)
Persian
3 entries- مجموعه noun (set of items)
- کلکسیون noun (set of items)
- کلکسیون noun (multiple related objects)
Polish
4 entries- kolekcja noun (set of items)
- składka noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- zbieranie noun (activity of collecting)
- zbiór noun (set of items)
Portuguese
4 entries- coleta noun (activity of collecting)
- coleção noun (set of items)
- coleção noun (multiple related objects)
- recolha noun (activity of collecting)
Romanian
3 entries- colectare noun (set of items)
- colectare noun (activity of collecting)
- colecție noun (set of items)
Russian
4 entries- колле́кция noun (set of items)
- колле́кция noun (multiple related objects)
- коллекциони́рование noun (activity of collecting)
- набо́р noun (multiple related objects)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cruinneachadh noun (set of items)
- cruinneachadh noun (multiple related objects)
- cruinneachadh noun (activity of collecting)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kolèkcija noun (set of items)
- kolèkcija noun (multiple related objects)
- skupljanje noun (activity of collecting)
- zbȋrka noun (set of items)
Slovak
1 entries- zbierka noun (set of items)
Slovene
1 entries- zbirka noun (set of items)
Spanish
4 entries- colección noun (set of items)
- colección noun (multiple related objects)
- colecta noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- conjunto noun (multiple related objects)
Swedish
4 entries- insamling noun (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)
- samla noun (activity of collecting)
- samling noun (set of items)
- samling noun (multiple related objects)
Tagalog
1 entries- pangangalap noun (activity of collecting)
Tajik
2 entries- коллексия noun (set of items)
- маҷмӯа noun (set of items)
Telugu
2 entries- సమూహము noun (multiple related objects)
- సేకరణ noun (set of items)
Thai
1 entries- เหล่า noun (set of items)
Turkish
2 entries- koleksiyon noun (set of items)
- toplama noun (set of items)
Ukrainian
3 entries- збі́рка noun (set of items)
- зібра́ння noun (set of items)
- коле́кція noun (set of items)
Upper Sorbian
3 entries- hromadźenje noun (set of items)
- zběrka noun (set of items)
- zhromadźenje noun (set of items)
Urdu
2 entries- جَمْع noun (set of items)
- مَجْمُوعَہ noun (set of items)
Uzbek
1 entries- kolleksiya noun (set of items)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bộ sưu tập noun (set of items)
- kho tàng noun (set of items)
- sự sưu tầm noun (activity of collecting)
- sự tập hợp noun (activity of collecting)
Volapük
3 entries- konlet noun (set of items)
- konlet noun (multiple related objects)
- konletam noun (activity of collecting)
Welsh
1 entries- casgliad noun (set of items)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
I'd like to have a look at your stamp collection.
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The museum has a fascinating collection of Celtic artifacts.
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The collection is open to the public.
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