noun.
A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
verb.
Present participle of collect.
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noun.
the act of gathering something together
Word Usage
"Before reading recent arguments, I did not realize that the recent growth of U.S. coin collecting is a controversial point."