The museum's collection of ancient pottery spans three millennia and offers a comprehensive view of early ceramic techniques.
博物馆的古代陶器收藏跨越了三千年，为早期制陶技术提供了全面的视角。
A wildlife biologist tracking a population of urban raccoons found that raccoons living closer to residential trash collection routes had shorter average lifespans than raccoons living in less developed areas farther from such routes, despite having easier access to food overall.
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Which choice best defines “collection”?
C — A group of things gathered together. “collection” means a group of things gathered together.
Which word means “a group of things gathered together”?
C — collection. “collection” means a group of things gathered together.
collection — a group of things gathered together. In Chinese: 收藏，收集物.
collection is pronounced /kəˈlɛkʃən/.
The museum's collection of ancient pottery spans three millennia and offers a comprehensive view of early ceramic techniques. (博物馆的古代陶器收藏跨越了三千年，为早期制陶技术提供了全面的视角。)
assemblage, accumulation, set — all close in meaning to collection (a group of things gathered together).
scattering, dispersal — each the opposite of collection (a group of things gathered together).
Yes. collection is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.