Meanings
nouncollecting (countable and uncountable, plural collectings)
plural collectings
- countableuncountableA 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.
2009, Melissa A Hardy, Alan Bryman, Handbook of Data Analysis, page 568
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of collect
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Catalan col·leccionisme
- col·leccionismehobby
Czech sběratelství
- sběratelstvíhobby
Esperanto kolektado
- kolektadohobby
French collection
- collectionhobby
German Sammeln
- Sammelnhobby
Italian collezionismo
- collezionismohobby
Polish kolekcjonerstwo, zbieractwo
- kolekcjonerstwohobby
- zbieractwohobby
Portuguese colecionismo
- colecionismohobby
Russian коллекционирование
- коллекционирование (kollekcionirovanije)hobby
Spanish coleccionismo
- coleccionismohobby
Cite this entry
APA
collecting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collecting
MLA
“collecting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collecting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collecting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collecting.
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