collecting

Noun collecting has 1 sense

• collecting(n = noun.act) aggregation, assembling, collection - the act of gathering something together;
is a kind of grouping
has particulars: agglomeration, collation, compilation, compiling, gather, gathering, bottle collection, conchology, shell collecting, coin collecting, coin collection, numismatics, numismatology, pickup, philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection, tax collection
Derived forms verb collect₃, verb collect₄, verb collect₁