collecting

collecting

English

Etymology

collect +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

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Noun

collecting (countable and uncountable, plural collectings)

1. A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
   • 2009, Melissa A Hardy, Alan Bryman, Handbook of Data Analysis, page 568:

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

Translations

hobby

Czech: sběratelství n

German: Sammeln (de) n

Verb

collecting

1. present participle of collect