Associations to the word «Collecting»

Wiktionary

COLLECTING, noun. A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
COLLECTING, verb. Present participle of collect
COLLECTING SOCIETIES, noun. Plural of collecting society
COLLECTING SOCIETY, noun. A body with the authority to license copyrighted works and collect royalties on behalf of its members.

Dictionary definition

COLLECTING, noun. The act of gathering something together.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope