"collections" in the noun sense
1. collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
2. collection, compendium
a publication containing a variety of works
3. solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
request for a sum of money
"an appeal to raise money for starving children"
4. collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
the act of gathering something together
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