Collecting

Pronunciation

Origin

collect + -ing

Full definition of collecting

Noun

1. A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
• 2009, Melissa A Hardy, ‎Alan Bryman, Handbook of Data Analysis (page 568)The task of data gathering is not a random walk, a sensual search, or the bemused collectings of a beachcomber.

Verb

1. Present participle of collect