Definitions
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- noun A
hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector. - verb Present participle of
collect .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of gathering something together
Etymologies
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Examples
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Before reading recent arguments, I did not realize that the recent growth of U.S. coin collecting is a controversial point.
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Patterson had made his name collecting fossils in the western United States as well as in South America.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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Patterson had made his name collecting fossils in the western United States as well as in South America.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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Now Christos Gage and Neil Googe bring a new status quo to the classic covert action team as the Wildcats attempt to rebuild their shattered planet one piece at a time in this title collecting the main stories from WILDCATS #1-7.
DC Comics for June 2009 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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He recently created The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D., a series of animated shorts for ifc.com, and a book of the same title collecting his comic short stories.
12 Projects Chosen For January 2010 Sundance Screenwriters Labs | /Film 2009
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It's up to The Spectre, The Question and Batwoman to take down the minions of Darkseid before all hope is lost in this title collecting the 5-issue miniseries!
Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News Stephen Schleicher 2010
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It's up to The Spectre, The Question and Batwoman to take down the minions of Darkseid before all hope is lost in this title collecting the 5-issue miniseries!
ComicList Headlines ComicList 2010
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It's up to The Spectre, The Question and Batwoman to take down the minions of Darkseid before all hope is lost in this title collecting the 5-issue miniseries!
Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News Stephen Schleicher 2010
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Japan's Super Young Team just wants to be seen as heroes by their adoring public in this title collecting the 6-issue miniseries.
Evil Inc. 2010
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Japan's Super Young Team just wants to be seen as heroes by their adoring public in this title collecting the 6-issue miniseries.
Evil Inc. 2010
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