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collecting

English

Etymology

collect +? -ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??l?kt??/
  • Hyphenation: col?lect?ing

Noun

collecting (countable and uncountable, plural collectings)

  1. 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.

Translations

Verb

collecting

  1. present participle of collect

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collectable

English

Alternative forms

  • collectible (American English)

Etymology

collect +? -able

Adjective

collectable (not comparable)

  1. Suitable for collecting.

Noun

collectable (plural collectables)

  1. Anything that someone might want to collect.
    • 2006, Katie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman, The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology (page 551)
      The mindset of making collectables runs against that of making games—if you succeed in the collectable department then there is a tendency to keep new players out and to drive old ones away because of escalating prices.

Synonyms

  • collector's item

Translations

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  • what collectables are selling
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  • what collectables are in gta 5 online
  • what's collectable now
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