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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky