collecting

UK /kəˈlɛktɪŋ/ US /kəˈlɛktɪŋ/

noun 1

Definitions

noun

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

The task of data gathering is not a random walk, a sensual search, or the bemused collectings of a beachcomber.

Collocations

ADJ.

busy, foreign, hobby, interested, keen, lost, nuts, old

My sister has been really keen on collecting vintage stamps since she was a teenager.

VERB + COLLECTING

interest, likes, stamp, taken

She has taken a real interest in collecting vintage postcards from around the world.

COLLECTING + NOUN

butterflies, cars, chanel, chanellers, goods, insects, photos

My uncle spent years collecting cars before he finally decided to sell his entire vintage collection.

PREP.

in, on, out, since, up

She's been collecting old vinyl records since she was a teenager.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of gathering something together

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The task of data gathering is not a random walk, a sensual search, or the bemused collectings of a beachcomber.

Wiktionary

Yoko is interested in collecting stamps.

Tatoeba · #30034

Are you still collecting stamps?

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Tom's hobby is collecting photos of cars.

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John has been collecting stamps since he was a child.

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They call women who make a hobby out of collecting Chanel goods "Chanellers".

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