collecting
English
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editNoun
editcollecting (countable and uncountable, plural collectings)
- 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.
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edithobby
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Verb
editcollecting
- present participle and gerund of collect