Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of collection
"The museum's latest exhibition features three distinct collections, each highlighting a different era of ancient pottery."
In plain English: A collection is a group of similar items that someone gathers and keeps together.
"The museum has several famous art collections from different countries."
Usage: Use "collections" to refer to multiple distinct groups of items gathered together, such as art collections or coin collections. It functions as a standard plural noun when discussing more than one assembled set.
Derived from Old French collecion, this term comes from Latin collectio (from colligere), originally meaning "a gathering together." It retains that sense of assembling items into a group in modern English.