COLLECTION Synonyms

• an increase by natural growth or addition

• several things grouped together or considered as a whole

• the act of accumulating

• (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation

• a group of persons together in one place

• a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose

• the social act of assembling

• several things grouped together or considered as a whole

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

• all the loaves of bread baked at the same time

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a collection of things or persons to be handled together

• batch together; assemble or process as a batch

• a grouping of a number of similar things

• an informal body of friends

• any collection in its entirety

• form into a bunch

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster

• a grouping of a number of similar things

• a compact mass

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

• come together as in a cluster or flock

• walk clumsily

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster

• a grouping of a number of similar things

• come together as in a cluster or flock

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster

• a group of persons together in one place

• the social act of assembling

• the act of gathering something

• sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

• any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse

• arrange into a group or groups

• form a group or group together

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a car that is old and unreliable

• bestow in large quantities

• arrange in stacks

• fill to overflow

• a secret store of valuables or money

• save up as for future use

• get or gather together

• (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

• the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

• a musical setting for a Mass

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite

• an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

• a body of matter without definite shape

• the common people generally

• the property of something that is great in magnitude

• formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

• join together into a mass or collect or form a mass

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

• battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

• the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

• a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

• arrange in stacks

• press tightly together or cram

• place or lay as if in a pile

• the act of choosing or selecting

• an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

• a passage selected from a larger work

• a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

• evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris

• (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols

• several exercises intended to be done in series

• representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production

• an unofficial association of people or groups

• a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

• the act of putting something in position

• a unit of play in tennis or squash

• the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

• the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon

• (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way

• any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals

• (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed

• fixed and unmoving

• situated in a particular spot or position

• set down according to a plan

• being below the horizon

• determined or decided upon as by an authority

• converted to solid form (as concrete)

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• fix conclusively or authoritatively

• decide upon or fix definitely

• establish as the highest level or best performance

• put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state

• fix in a border

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly

• locate

• disappear beyond the horizon

• adapt for performance in a different way

• put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

• apply or start

• become gelatinous

• set in type

• put into a position that will restore a normal state

• insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

• give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

• urge to attack someone

• estimate

• equip with sails or masts

• get ready for a particular purpose or event

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• produce fruit

• arrange attractively

• an orderly pile

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

• a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated

• a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

• load or cover with stacks

• arrange in stacks

• arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances

• earnest or urgent request

• attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

• (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial

• request for a sum of money

• take a court case to a higher court for review

• request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

• be attractive to

• challenge (a decision)

• cite as an authority; resort to

• the act of gathering something together

• the act of gathering something together