[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

collection \collec"tion\, n. l. collectio: cf. f. collection.
   1. the act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the
      collection of specimens.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is collected; as:
      a a gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. "a
          collection of letters." --macaulay.
      b a gathering of money for charitable or other purposes,
          as by passing a contribution box for freewill
          offerings. "the collection for the saints." --1 cor.
          xvi. 1
      c usually in pl. that which is obtained in payment of
          demands.
      d an accumulation of any substance. "collections of
          moisture." --whewell. "a purulent collection."
          --dunglison.
          1913 webster

   3. the act of inferring or concluding from premises or
      observed facts; also, that which is inferred. obs.
      1913 webster

            we may safely say thus, that wrong collections have
            been hitherto made out of those words by modern
            divines.                              --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. the jurisdiction of a collector of excise. eng.

   syn: gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd;
        congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
        1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

collection
     n 1: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
          syn: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
     2: a publication containing a variety of works syn: compendium
     3: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for
        starving children" syn: solicitation, appeal, ingathering
     4: the act of gathering something together syn: collecting,
        assembling, aggregation
see also:
aggregation accumulation assemblage compendium solicitation appeal 
ingathering collecting assembling 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

188 moby thesaurus words for "collection":
   festschrift, abundance, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation,
   album, alms, alms fee, amassment, ana, analects, anthology,
   aquarium, assemblage, assembling, assembly, assortment,
   back number, backlog, band, beauties, body, boiling,
   bringing together, budget, bunch, burnt offering, call-up, canon,
   canvass, census, charity, chrestomathy, clippings, clump, cluster,
   collectanea, collected works, collecting, colligation, collocation,
   colluvies, combination, commissariat, commissary, company,
   comparison, compilation, complete works, concourse, concurrence,
   confluence, conflux, congeries, conglomeration, congregation,
   contribution, convergence, copy, cornucopia, corpus, corralling,
   crew, crowd, cumulation, cuttings, data, data-gathering, delectus,
   dole, donation, donative, drink offering, dump, edition,
   ex voto offering, excerpta, excerpts, extracts, florilegium,
   flowers, fragments, fund, garden, garland, garnering, gathering,
   gleaning, gleanings, group, handout, heap, heave offering,
   hecatomb, hoard, holdings, holocaust, human sacrifice, immolation,
   impression, incense, infanticide, ingathering, inventory, issue,
   junction, juxtaposition, kit, larder, libation, library,
   library edition, lot, mactation, mass, material, materials,
   materiel, medley, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mobilization,
   munitions, museum, muster, number, oblation, offering, offertory,
   omnibus, omnium gatherum, outfit, party, peace offering,
   photograph album, piacular offering, pile, pittance, plenitude,
   plenty, printing, provisionment, provisions, quotation book,
   rations, raw data, repertoire, repertory, rick, rodeo, roundup,
   ruck, sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat, school edition,
   scrapbook, self-immolation, self-sacrifice, series, set,
   solicitation, stack, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store,
   stores, subscription, supplies, supply on hand, survey, suttee,
   sutteeism, symposium, thank offering, tithe, trade book,
   trade edition, treasure, treasury, trove, variety, volume,
   votive offering, whole offering, zoo

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

collection
   the christians in palestine, from various causes, suffered from
   poverty. paul awakened an interest in them among the gentile
   churches, and made pecuniary collections in their behalf acts
   24:17; rom. 15:25, 26; 1 cor. 16:1-3; 2 cor. 8:9; gal. 2:10.
   

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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
...The David Rumsey Collection includes 18th and 19th century historical North and South.....Cartographica Extraordinaire features stunning reproductions from the David Rumsey Map.....Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart..
http://www.davidrumsey.com/, score=100, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 9:30 am

The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
...For more information on the contents of this collection have a look at the bibliographic.....I'd like to hear what you think of this bibliography collection, if you have any.....If you find the bibliography collection useful for your work, I would be happy if you..
http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html, score=96, date indexed=May 13, 2005, 4:42 am

Wallace Collection: Coming soon -
...The Wallace Collection is both a national museum and the finest private collection of art.....Explore the wonderful porcelain at the Wallace Collection, including some elephant headed.....Join artist ALISON KUSNER to create your own mini-museum inspired by the Wallace..
http://www.the-wallace-collection.org.uk/, score=96, date indexed=May 9, 2005, 10:45 am

Social Sciences Data Collection, University of California San Diego
...Browse SSDC Data Collection Titles .. Access to SSDC online numeric data is restricted to..
http://ssdc.ucsd.edu/, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 9:25 pm

Site Guide

http://www.menil.org/, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 8:57 am

The Historic New Orleans Collection
...Welcome to the website of the Historic New Orleans Collection. Through it, you can learn.....The Historic New Orleans Collection.. 533 Royal Street.. New Orleans, LA 70130.. 504-523..
http://www.hnoc.org/, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 9:20 am

The Modern English Collection -- Electronic Text Center
...The Modern English Collection.. This heterogeneous collection contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters..
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/modeng0.browse.html, score=95, date indexed=May 15, 2005, 6:12 am

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
...The McMichael has an impressive collection of contemporary First Nations art as well as.....Stories from the Collection .. View all Exhibitions.. Register for our Adult Studio Course.....Caring for Artwork © 2005 McMichael Canadian Art Collection.. © 2005 McMichael Canadian..
http://www.mcmichael.com/, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 8:51 am

Terminology Collection: Online Dictionaries
...Terminology Collection/Forum is listed at a multitude of WWW-sites that may contain useful.....You are welcome to add and update this collection. Other Dictionary and Glossary Related.....date = the date of last visit by the Terminology Collection maintainers: an = Anita..
http://www.uwasa.fi/comm/termino/collect/, score=95, date indexed=May 15, 2005, 7:37 am

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