how to pronounce collection

/kəˈlɛk.ʃən/

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collection is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of collection in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… kit containing a collection of their …”

meaning of collection

Collection means a group of things gathered together.

collection frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word collection occurs in english on average 78.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics collection can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that collection can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;