Collection and Keeping

Collection

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

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

Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Collection and keeping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Keeping".

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

old	old collection	old keeping
good	good collection	good keeping
full	full collection	full keeping
short	short collection	short keeping
Other adjectives: single, big, great, living, decent, secret, new, basic, giant, creepy.

He's also keeping a mutilated angelic creature locked up in his gallery as part of his collection of La Fin Absolue du Monde.

Source: Series / Masters of Horror
In keeping with her status as the youngest (both in age and maturity) of the women in the show, Annie Edison in Community appears to have quite the healthy collection of stuffed animals going on.

Source: Girls Love Stuffed Animals
Creepy Doll: In keeping with the above, most people think Shinju's doll collection is cute.

Source: Fan Fic / And If That Don't Work

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