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collectings

collectings is the plural of collecting.

Meaning of collecting

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.
    • The task of data gathering is not a random walk, a sensual search, or the bemused collectings of a beachcomber.2009, Melissa A Hardy, Alan Bryman, Handbook of Data Analysis, page 568

Questions about collectings

What is collectings the plural of?
Collectings is the plural of collecting.

Words near collectings in the dictionary

  1. collecting oneself
  2. collecting skin
  3. collecting societies
  4. collecting society
  5. collecting up
  6. collectings
  7. collectins
  8. collection
  9. collection agencies
  10. collection agency
  11. collection box

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