collecting

/kəˈlɛkɾɪŋ/

/kəˈlɛktɪŋ/

Other forms: collectings

Definitions of collecting

1. noun

   the act of gathering something together
   synonyms: aggregation, assembling, collection

   types:

   agglomeration

   the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating

   collation

   assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence

   compilation, compiling

   the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)

   gather, gathering

   the act of gathering something

   bottle collection

   the activity of collecting bottles

   conchology, shell collecting

   the collection and study of mollusc shells

   coin collecting, coin collection, numismatics, numismatology

   the collection and study of money, especially coins

   pickup

   the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places

   philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection

   the collection and study of postage stamps

   tax collection

   the collection of taxes

   centralisation, centralization

   gathering to a center

   harvest, harvest home, harvesting

   the gathering of a ripened crop

   garbage collection, garbage pickup, trash collection, trash pickup

   the collection and removal of garbage

   aerophilately

   the collection and study of airmail stamps

   type of:

   grouping

   the activity of putting things together in groups