collection of works (noun)

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• works — noun /wɜːks,wɝks/ a) A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens. A stray wrench can really gum up the works. b) A factory or similar collection of buildings The steel works almost fills the valley …   Wiktionary

• collection — col|lec|tion [ kə lekʃən ] noun *** 1. ) count a group of things: a vast/extensive collection: a book borrowed from John s vast collection a ) interesting or valuable objects that someone collects: a stamp collection collection of: a collection… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• collection */*/*/ — UK [kəˈlekʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms collection : singular collection plural collections 1) [countable] a group of things a vast/extensive collection: a book borrowed from Jon s vast collection a) interesting or valuable objects that someone… …   English dictionary

• art collection — noun A collection of works of art housed together …   Wiktionary

• loan collection — noun a number of pictures loaned by their owners for exhibition • Hypernyms: ↑art collection * * * loan collection noun Privately owned works of art lent by their owner for a public exhibition • • • Main Entry: ↑loan …   Useful english dictionary

• art collection — noun a collection of art works • Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑aggregation, ↑accumulation, ↑assemblage • Hyponyms: ↑loan collection …   Useful english dictionary

• special collection — noun 1. : a memorial collection of printed works or manuscripts in a library 2. : an aggregation of printed or other material of an author or on a special subject * * * Library Science. a collection of materials segregated from a general library… …   Useful english dictionary

• loan collection — /ˈloʊn kəlɛkʃən/ (say lohn kuhlekshuhn) noun a number of works of art, lent by their owners for a single or long term exhibition …  

• homage — noun 1. /ˈhɒmɪdʒ / (say homij) respect or reverence paid or rendered. 2. /ˈhɒmɪdʒ / (say homij) the formal acknowledgement by which feudal tenants or vassals declared their allegiance to the proprietors of their land, pledging faith and service.… …  

• Aristotle — /ar euh stot l/, n. 384 322 B.C., Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great. * * * born 384, Stagira died 322 BC, Chalcis Greek philosopher and scientist whose thought determined the course of Western intellectual history… …   Universalium

• Vienna Circle — The Vienna Circle (in German: der Wiener Kreis) was a group of philosophers who gathered around Moritz Schlick when he was called to the Vienna University in 1922, organized in a philosophical association named Verein Ernst Mach (Ernst Mach… …   Wikipedia