In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.

plural of collection / (accounting, of an account) A state being beyond merely past due. / (accounting) A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.

A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together. / Multiple related objects associated as a group. / The activity of collecting. / (topology, mathematical analysis) A set of sets.

A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.

present participle of collect

(not comparable) Gathered together. / Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.

simple past tense and past participle of collect

plural of collecting

plural of collective

plural of collectable