collection
n. countablen. a group of things that someone has gathered together because they are interesting or similar. You might have a collection of books, stamps, or music.
n. a group of objects or data gathered together for study, exhibition, or as a hobby. Often implies a systematic or intentional gathering process.
She has an impressive collection of old vinyl records.
The museum's permanent collection includes several rare paintings from the seventeenth century.
The legal team spent weeks reviewing a vast collection of documents to ensure every piece of evidence was accounted for before the trial began.
From Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Equivalen to collect + -ion.
Often followed by the preposition 'of' to specify the items being gathered.