Collection and Department

Collection

Collection noun - An organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure.

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Department and collection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Department" instead a noun "Collection".

Department noun - A large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization.

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Collection and department are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Department".

old	old collection	old department
good	good collection	good department
full	full collection	full department
special	special collection	special department
Other adjectives: short, complete, single, small, entire, large, big, secret, new, greatest, different, awesome.

The Justice Department has even told the IRS to get lost for the collection of unpaid taxes by someone who went into the program.

Source: Witness Protection
The National Intelligence University in the United States, which is run by the Department of Defense and provides a graduate education in intelligence collection.

Source: Spy School
Justified to an extent by the Goblins who, not to be outdone in the efficiency department, use machines called Shredders that can automate the chopping and sawing of wood until they spit out a nice collection of perfectly formed boards.

Source: Firewood Resources

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