gerund / noun · informal
collecting
UK/kəˈlektɪŋ/US/kəˈlɛktɪŋ/col·LECT·ing
Band 4-5speakingtask2
the hobby of gathering and keeping objects such as stamps or coins
Examples
“Collecting stamps has been a family tradition.”
“She enjoys collecting vintage postcards.”
“He started collecting at an early age.”
Band 8 sentence
“Collecting vintage postcards has taught me a lot about social history and design trends.”
Collocations
- collect stamps
- a collection of
Word family
collect verbcollection nouncollector noun
Common mistakes
I collect stamps since I was a child.→I've collected stamps since I was a child.
She has a collection stamps.→She has a collection of stamps.
Say it for a higher band
5keep→6collect→7+collecting
Synonyms
hoarding
Easily confused
gather
“They gathered shells from the shore to make a craft project.”
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