collected

[ kuh-lek-tid ]

adjective

1. having control of one's faculties; self-possessed:

   Despite all the turmoil around him, Bob remained calm and collected.

2. brought or placed together; forming an aggregation from various sources:

   the money collected to build an orphanage; the collected essays of Thoreau.

3. Manège.
   1. (of a moving horse) noting a compact pose in which the legs are well under the body, the head is arched at the poll, the jaw is relaxed, etc. Compare extended ( def 8a ).
   2. (of a gait of such a horse) characterized by short, elevated strides. Compare extended ( def 8b ).

collected

/ kəˈlɛktɪd /

adjective

1. in full control of one's faculties; composed
2. assembled in totality or brought together into one volume or a set of volumes

   the collected works of Dickens

3. (of a horse or a horse's pace) controlled so that movement is in short restricted steps

   a collected canter

Derived Forms

• colˈlectedly, adverb
• colˈlectedness, noun

Other Words From

• col·lected·ly adverb
• col·lected·ness noun
• uncol·lected adjective
• well-col·lected adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of collected¹

First recorded in 1600–10; collect ¹ + -ed ²

Idioms and Phrases

see cool, calm, and collected .

Synonym Study

See calm.

Example Sentences

While panning for gold, he made himself a large hat from the hides he had collected on his trip.

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Mahoney helped author the I-STOP legislation based on data his office collected in regard to fraud.

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A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.

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Their money, often collected for many years, helps keep the system afloat and benefits flowing to aging baby boomers.

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That data (collected in 2012 and 2013) is obsolete: Jesse Logan confirms both areas are “now showing significant mortality.”

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Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.

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Three immatures were collected and adults were seen feeding young fledglings at Pisté.

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Specimens were easily collected in a mist net placed across the opening.

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Baroness Schopenhauer died at Jena; a woman of talent and celebrity, and author of various works, which were collected in 24 vols.

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Numbers have dribbled back from firing line and cannot be collected in this difficult country.

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