entire collection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofentireandcollection
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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪnˈtaɪər/us/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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collection
noun
uk/kəˈlek.ʃən/us/kəˈlek.ʃən/
a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in ...
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(Definition ofentireandcollectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We can apply the transformation to theentirecollectionof paraboloids at once.
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They formed almost theentirecollectionin 1995 (see above) and subsequent years (unpublished observation).
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Subsequently, in 1847, he offered the same museum hisentirecollectionof over 1800 bird skins.
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This involves both indexing theentirecollectionand developing a retrieval mechanism.
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Clearly such variation is controlled for by the 24-hour specimen as theentirecollectionis combined before a protein concentration is measured.
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Five of the primers proved to be highly polymorphic and were used to screen theentirecollection.
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Given this imprecision, the assessment is not an accurate representation of theentirecollection.
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This notion, reproduced on the book jacket, casts over theentirecollectiona cloud of inauthenticity that is unwarranted.
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Undergraduates, graduate students and scholars alike will benefit considerably from consulting them, whether they read theentirecollectionor dip into articles of particular interest.
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This is characteristic of theentirecollection.
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The agent is interested in soliciting "desirable" bids, where desirable means bids that can be feasibly combined in a low-cost combination that covers theentirecollectionof tasks.
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Caverni became one of the best and perhaps as yet unequaled experts of theentirecollection, as shown by the material examined in his later publications.
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For example, only four marks a day could be searched against anentirecollectionof 250,000 sets of prints (ie 2·5 million digits).
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As more and more pieces were incorporated, he soon designed theentirecollection.
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Equations like this can be read as referring to a single structure, as well as to theentirecollectionof structures.
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Theentirecollectionis not displayed permanently due to conservation concerns, so three times a year the selection of fans on exhibit is changed.
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Theentirecollectioncontains only a single specimen carved in the round, a lion, presumably on an elephant.
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Theentirecollectionwill be available for research in the future.
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Only half of the building remained standing, and theentirecollectionwas swept away.
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Some of the verses are neumed and it is assumed that theentirecollectionwas to be sung.
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